Agenda and decisions

Apologies were received and noted from Councillors Bev Craig (Manchester) and  Tom Ross (Trafford), and Salford City Mayor, Paul Dennett.

To appoint a Chair of the Resources Committee for 2023/24.

That Andy Burnham, GM Mayor be appointed as Chair of the Resources Committee for 2023/24.

To note the membership of the GMCA Resources Committee, as agreed at the 26 May 2023 GMCA meeting, for 2023/24 as follows:

Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham (Lab)

Eamonn O’Brien (Bury) (Lab)

Bev Craig (Manchester) (Lab)

Tom Ross (Trafford) (Lab)

Paul Dennett (Salford) (Lab)

Mark Hunter (Stockport) (Lib Dem)

David Molyneux (Wigan) (Lab)

That the membership of the GMCA Resources Committee, as agreed at the GMCA Annual Meeting held on 26 May 2023, be noted as follows:

·       Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham (Lab)

·       Eamonn O’Brien (Bury) (Lab)

·       Bev Craig (Manchester) (Lab)

·       Tom Ross (Trafford) (Lab)

·       Paul Dennett (Salford) (Lab)

·       Mark Hunter (Stockport) (Lib Dem)

·       David Molyneux (Wigan) (Lab)

To note the Terms of Reference for the Resources Committee.

That the terms of reference, as contained within the GMCA Constitution agreed on 30 June 2023, be noted.

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 of interest.

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

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

Report of Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester.

That the payment of outstanding invoices relating to Diane Modahl’s work as the Young Person’s Advisor for the period June 2020 to May 2021, as detailed in paragraph 3.5 of the report, be approved.

Report of Andrew Lightfoot, Deputy Chief Executive, GMCA.

That authority be delegation to the Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM to progress the establishment of a Head of Digital Transformation (Senior pay-scale SM6) post and that the current postholder be assimilated into this role on a permanent basis, backdated to January 2023.