Agenda item

Appointments to Outside Bodies 2024/25

Report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer

Minutes:

The Cabinet considered the report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer which sought approval of the appointment of Council representatives to serve on Outside Bodies set out in the report for 2024/25, or for periods longer than one year. Details of the proposed representation on Outside Bodies were set out in the report and appendices. The appendices show the proposed appointments for 2024/25 following the submission of nominations by the Political Groups on the Council. Appendix 1 to the report set out the proposed appointments for a 12-month period expiring in May 2025. Appendix 2 to the report set out proposed appointments for a period of over one year.

 

Decisions Made:

 

That:

 

(1)      the proposed representation on the various Outside Bodies for a twelve-month period expiring in May 2025 as set out in Appendix 1 to the report be approved, and the following Members be appointed to serve on the Outside Bodies indicated below for 2024/25:

 

ORGANISATION

NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES

REPRESENTATIVE(S)

Armed Forces Member Champion

 

1

Councillor Carragher

 

British Destinations

 

1

Cabinet Member - Regeneration and Skills (Councillor Lappin) or nominee

Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership

 

1

Cabinet Member – Adult Social Care and Health (Councillor Moncur)

 

Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System Joint Health Scrutiny Committee

2

Councillors Desmond and Hart

 

The political places available on the Committee for 2024/25 are Lab 2 / Lib Dem 0 / Con 0 / Ind 0 / Green Party 0

 

Elevate Education Business Partnership

 

3

Cabinet Member - Children, Schools and Families (Councillor Roscoe) and Councillors Moncur and Pugh

 

Formby Pool Trust - Board

 

2

Councillor Killen and Assistant Director of People - Communities (Mel Ormesher)

 

Liverpool City Region Employment and Skills Board

 

1

Cabinet Member – Regeneration and Skills (Councillor Lappin)

 

Liverpool City Region Housing and Spatial Planning Board

 

1

Cabinet Member – Housing and Highways (Councillor Veidman)

(Substitute: Chair, Planning Committee – Councillor Hansen)

 

Liverpool John Lennon Airport Consultative Committee

 

1

Councillor Hart (Substitute: Councillor Myers)

 

Local Government Association

General Assembly

 

1

Leader of the Council (Councillor Atkinson) - 5 votes

 

Merseyside Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Partnership Committee

1

Councillor Doyle

 

Mersey Forest Partnership Steering Group

 

1

Councillor Richards

Mersey Port Health Committee

6

Member

Substitute

 

 

Cllr Desmond

Cllr Bradshaw

Cllr John Kelly

Cllr Grace

Cllr Chris Page

Cllr Killen

Cllr McKee

Cllr McGinnity

Cllr Roche

Cllr Catie Page

Cllr Shaw

Cllr Thompson

 

 

The political places available on the Committee for 2024/25 are Lab 5 / Lib Dem 1 / Con 0/ Ind 0 / Green Party 0

Merseyside Pension Fund Pensions Committee

 

1

Cabinet Member – Corporate Services (Councillor Howard) or nominee

 

North West Employers’ Organisation

 

1

Cabinet Member – Corporate Services (Councillor Howard) (Substitute: Councillor Lappin)

 

PATROL (Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London) Adjudication Joint Committee

 

1

Cabinet Member – Housing and Highways (Councillor Veidman) (Substitute: Councillor Lappin)

 

(NB - Nominated Member and Substitute must be Cabinet Members)

 

Peterhouse School, Southport – Governance Committee

 

1

Councillor Harrison Kelly

 

Regional Flood and Coastal Committee

 

1

Councillor Doyle

 

Safer Sefton Together

 

3

Cabinet Member – Communities and Partnership Engagement (Councillor Dowd) and the two Council representatives on the Merseyside Police and Crime Panel (Councillors Hinde and McNabb)

 

Sandway Homes Limited Board and Sandway (ACS) Holding Company Ltd

(Sefton Housing Development

Company)

 

2

Councillor Myers

 

Cabinet Member – Housing and Highways (Councillor Veidman) is the Shareholder Representative)

 

Sefton Coast Landscape Partnership Board

 

2

Cabinet Member – Public Health and Wellbeing (Councillor Doyle) and Councillor Lappin

 

Sefton Council for Voluntary Service

(Advisory non-voting members on the Board of Trustees)

 

3

Councillors Carragher, Pugh and Robinson

 

Sefton Cycling Forum

 

2

Councillors Williams and Lloyd-Johnson

 

Sefton Domestic Abuse Partnership Board

 

2

Cabinet Member – Communities and Public Engagement (Councillor Dowd) and Assistant Director of People (Communities) – Mel Ormesher

 

Sefton Hospitality Operations Limited Board

 

4

Councillor Spring (member); Executive Director (Place) – Stephen Watson; and Service Manager (Finance) – Paul Reilly

 

Cabinet Member – Regeneration and Skills (Councillor Lappin) is the Shareholder Representative

 

Sefton New Directions Limited Board

4

Councillors Dowd and Hardman, plus 1 vacancy

 

(Cabinet Member – Adult Social Care and Health (Councillor Moncur) is the Shareholder Representative

 

Sefton Partnership for Older Citizens

 

1

Cabinet Member – Adult Social Care and Health (Councillor Moncur)

Southport Pier Trust

 

3

Councillors Brough, Corcoran and Pugh

 

Southport Town Deal Board

 

2

Cabinet Member – Regeneration and Skills (Councillor Lappin) and Executive Director – Place (Stephen Watson)

 

Standing Advisory Committee for Religious Education (SACRE)

 

4

Member

Substitute

 

Cabinet Member

- Children, Schools and Families (Cllr Roscoe)

 

Cllr Hansen

Cllr Richards

Cllr Pugh

Cllr Lloyd-Johnson

 

Cllr Thomas

Cllr McNabb

 

The political Places available for 2024/25 are Lab 3 / Lib Dem 1 / Con 0 / Ind 0 / Green Party 0

 

Trans Pennine Trail Members Steering Group

 

2

Cabinet Member – Housing and Highways (Councillor Veidman) and Chair of Planning Committee (Councillor Hansen) or their nominee.

 

Veterans in Sefton Board

 

1

Councillor Dowd

 

 

AD-HOC APPOINTMENTS

 

Joint Health Scrutiny Committee

(where 3 or less local authorities request the scrutiny of a substantial variation to a service)

 

3

Chair (Councillor Lunn-Bates) and Vice Chair (Councillor Myers) of the O & S Committee (Adult Social Care and Health) and one Lib Dem Member (Councillor Pugh)

 

The political places available on the Committee for 2024/25 are Lab 2 / Lib Dem 1 / Con 0 / Ind 0 / Green Party 0

 

Joint Health Scrutiny Committee (where 4 or more local authorities request the scrutiny of a substantial variation to a service)

 

2

Chair (Councillor Lunn-Bates) and Vice Chair (Councillor Myers) of the O & S Committee (Adult Social Care and Health)

 

The political places available on the Committee for 2023/24 are Lab 2 / Lib Dem 0 / Con 0 / Ind 0 / Green Party 0

 

 

OFFICER ONLY APPOINTMENTS

(NOT LISTED ABOVE)

 

 

 

 

 

Southport Business Improvement District (BID) Board

1

Service Manager – Tourism (Mark Catherall)

 

(2)      the Cabinet give further consideration to the appointment of a representative to fill the vacancy on the Sefton New Directions Limited Board at a future meeting of the meeting of the Cabinet; and

 

(3)      the proposed representation on the various Outside Bodies for the term of office as indicated as set out in Appendix 2 to the report be approved, and the following Members be appointed to serve on the Outside Bodies indicated for the term of office indicated:

 

ORGANISATION

 

NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

REPRESENTATIVE(S)

TERM OF OFFICE EXPIRES

 

Merseyside Strategic Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Partnership

 

1

Cabinet Member – Public Health and Wellbeing (Councillor Doyle)

(Substitute representative – Councillor Lappin)

31.5.2025

(4-year appointment)

North West Reserve Forces and Cadets Association

 

1

Councillor Byrom

31.5.2026

(3-year appointment)

North Western Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority

2

Councillor McGinnity or nominee and Countryside Officer (Gordon White)

 

31.5.2027

(4-year appointment)

Regenerus - South Sefton Development Trust

1

Councillor Lappin

30.5.2027

(3-year appointment)

 

CHARITIES

 

 

 

 

Ashton Memorial Fund, Formby

 

1

Councillor Killen

31.5.2027

(4-year appointment)

Consolidated Charities of Thomas Brown and Marsh Dole

(Formby)

 

2

Councillors Page and

Webster

26.6.2026

(4-year appointment)

 

Halsall Educational

Foundation

 

1

Councillor Grace

 

31.5.2026

(2-year appointment)

 

 

NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GOVERNING BODIES

 

 

 

 

Liverpool University Hospital

NHS Foundation Trust - Council of Governors

1

Councillor Hansen

31.07.2025

(3-year appointment)

 

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust - Council of Governors

 

1

Councillor Killen

30.09.2026

(3-year appointment)

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust – Council of Governors

 

1

Councillor Webster

30.04.2025

(3-year appointment)

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust - Council of Governors

1

Councillor Lunn-Bates

01.09.26

(3-year appointment)

 

Reasons for the Decision(s):

 

The Cabinet had delegated powers set out in Chapter 5, Paragraph 40 of the Constitution to appoint the Council’s representatives to serve on Outside Bodies.

 

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

 

None.

 

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