Agenda and decisions

That apologies be received and noted from City Mayor Paul Dennett (Salford), Councillor Ged Cooney (Tameside), Councillor Arooj Shah (Oldham), Councillor Eamonn O’Brien (Bury), Joanne Roney (Manchester), Tom Stannard (Salford), Harry Catherall (Oldham), Steve Rumbelow (Rochdale), Sandra Stewart (Tameside) & Caroline Simpson (Stockport).

There were no Chairs announcements or items of urgent business.

To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting. A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda; please ensure that this is returned to the Governance & Scrutiny Officer 48 hours before the start of the meeting.

There were no declarations received in relation to any item on the agenda.

To consider the approval of the minutes of the meeting held on 26 May 2023.

That the minutes of the GMCA meeting held on 26 May 2023 be approved as a correct record.

To approve the minutes of the GMCA Resources Committee held on 26 May 2023.

That the minutes of the GMCA Resources Committee meeting held on 26 May 2023 be approved as a correct record.

Report of Eamonn Boylan, Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM.

1.           That the outcome of the process to procure a preferred service provider to operate the Middleton, Oldham and Queens Road Large Local Service Contracts in Sub-Area B of the Scheme be noted and approved.

2.           That the proposed key contractual arrangements of the Middleton, Oldham and Queens Road Large Local Service Contracts be noted.

3.           That that in relation to Sub Areas A, B and C of the Scheme, the proposal for TfGM to manage the implementation and operation of the Scheme and the Local Service Contracts awarded in relation to Sub-Areas A, B and C following their award on behalf of the GMCA be approved, subject to the following conditions:

a) TfGM will manage the implementation and operation of the Scheme and the above contracts in accordance with the provisions of an agreed Protocol with the GMCA

b) That authority to agree the final terms of the above Protocol and any other associated necessary legal agreements on behalf of the GMCA be delegated to the GMCA Monitoring Officer & Solicitor

c) That authority to complete and execute the Protocol and any other necessary legal agreements be delegated to the GMCA Monitoring Officer & Solicitor.

              (As agreed, this delegation will supersede the delegation set out at no. 4 in the recommendations in the report titled Greater Manchester Franchising Scheme for Buses: Procurement dated 25 November 2022, made by the GMCA at its meeting on 25 November 2022).

4.       That the comments of the GM Overview & Scrutiny Committee in relation to Item 6 be received and noted.

That, under section 100 (A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public should be excluded from the meeting for the following items on business on the grounds that this involved the likely disclosure of exempt information, as set out in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

That, under section 100 (A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public should be excluded from the meeting for the following items on business on the grounds that this involved the likely disclosure of exempt information, as set out in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

Report of Eamonn Boylan, Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM.

1. That the recommendations contained within Items 8A, 8B and 8C of the report be approved in full.

2. That the comments of the GM Overview & Scrutiny Committee in relation to Item 8 be received and noted.

3. That the need to ensure that cross-boundary services were fully considered from a strategic perspective be acknowledged and endorsed.

4. That it be noted that the review of the Bus Fares Cap will be submitted to a future meeting of the GMCA.

5. That each GM Local Authority be encouraged to establish their own Bee Network Working Group to review and monitor local services with a view to developing suggestions for improvement for consideration by the GM Bee Network Committee.

Report of Eamonn Boylan, Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM.

See above.

Report of Eamonn Boylan, Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM.

See above.