PAPER D

                                                                                                                Purpose : for Decision

                       

                        REPORT TO THE EXECUTIVE

 

Date :              10 SEPTEMBER 2003

 

Title :               APPOINTMENT TO AN OUTSIDE BODY – RYDE DEVELOPMENT TRUST

                       

REPORT OF THE PORTFOLIO HOLDER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UK AND EU, REGIONAL ISSUES

 

                                                 IMPLEMENTATION DATE : 22 September 2003

 


SUMMARY/PURPOSE

 

1.                  To approve the appointment to outside bodies filled in accordance with the recommendation of the Economic Development, Planning, Tourism and Leisure Services Select Committee.

 

BACKGROUND

 

2.                  Members are reminded that the Executive, at its meeting on 28 September 2000, undertook a review of the way appointments to outside bodies were made.  It was agreed that vacancies to the majority of outside bodies should be filled in accordance with the wishes of the relevant Select Committee and submitted to the Executive for decision.

 

3.                  This report has been scheduled in the published Forward Plan to come before the Executive on 24 September, but it has been able to be brought to an earlier Executive meeting, as Members and Ryde Development Trust are anxious for an appointment to be made at the earliest possible opportunity.

 

STRATEGIC CONTEXT

 

4.                  The opportunity for members to become involved and to participate in outside bodies reinforces the commitment the Council has to its visions and values, in particular working in Partnership with the community and delivering it’s strategic objectives and services in partnership with other agencies.

 

CONSULTATION

 

5.                  Nominations have been sought from Ryde members of the Council for two vacancies on Ryde Development Trust. One vacancy is required to be filled immediately with a further vacancy to be filled once the Trust had reached a set number of community representatives. After carrying out this process, four nominations were received. Following a secret ballot the Select Committee resolved to recommend that Councillor Ian Stephens be appointed to the first vacancy on Ryde Development Trust and that the second appointment be deferred and brought back to Committee when required.

 

FINANCIAL/BUDGET IMPLICATIONS

 

6.                  Members traveling and subsistence allowances are payable for attendance at such meetings in accordance with the Council’s Scheme.

 

LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

 

7.                 Members and officers appointed by the council to outside bodies, except in rare instances which will be clearly identified, assume duties and responsibilities to    that outside body and must not act with the interests of the council in mind.         Appointees will wish to take advice as to the nature of the responsibilities that come with the appointment, and to ensure that they are not drawn into irreconcilable conflicts of interest.

 

OPTIONS

 

8.                  To appoint Mr Ian Stephens as the Council’s representative on Ryde Development Trust.

 

9.                 Not to make an appointment and to leave the Ryde Development Trust without a Council representative.

 

EVALUATION/RISK MANAGEMENT

 

10.             The aim of Ryde Development Trust is to work within the priority regeneration areas in Ryde, this work is focused on the three most deprived wards. The skills required from representatives are:

 

 

RECOMMENDATIONS

 

11.   THAT Councillor Ian Stephens be appointed as the Council’s representative on Ryde Development Trust.

BACKGROUND PAPERS

 

12.      Select Committee Report

 

Contact Point : Ms Debbie Faulkner                       Members Support Officer

                           Tel: 823286                         email: [email protected]           

 

JOHN LAWSON

Head of Legal and Democratic Services

H REES

Portfolio Holder For Economic Development, UK And EU, Regional Issues