Agenda item

Report of Gillian Duckworth, GMCA Solicitor & Monitoring Officer

1.     That the appointment of Julie Connor, Director of Governance & Scrutiny, as the Secretary of the GMCA be approved.

2.     That Councillors Bev Craig (Lab), Arooj Shah (Lab), Gerald Cooney (Lab), Nick Peel (Lab) and Mark Hunter (Lib Dem) be appointed to the GMCA Standards Committee for 2023/24.

3.     That Councillor Christine Carrigan (Lab) be appointed as the member and Councillors Charles Rigby (Lab) and Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) be appointed as the substitute members to the GMCA Audit Committee for 2023/24.

4.     That the appointment of the Mayor of Greater Manchester to the Bee Network Committee for 2023/24 be noted.

5.     That Councillor Tom Ross (Lab) be appointed, to act as the substitute member for the Mayor of Greater Manchester, to the Bee Network Committee for 2023/4.

6.     That Councillor Eamonn O’Brien (Lab) be appointed as GMCA member to the Bee Network Committee for 2023/24 and that Councillor Neil Emmott (Lab) be appointed to act as the substitute GMCA member to the Bee Network Committee for 2023/4.

7.     That the establishment of the new GMCA Overview & Scrutiny Committee be approved and that 20 members be appointed to the Committee for 2023/24 as follows:

8.      That it be noted that Councillor Mark Hunter requested his opposition be recorded in relation to the reference in the table illustrating a Liberal Democrat vacancy on the Committee when a clear nomination had been made in accordance with the usual practice.

9.     That the appointments made by the GM Local Authorities to the GM Culture & Social Impact Fund Committee for 2023/24, be approved, as follows:

10.  That the appointments to the Green City Region Board as nominated by the 10 GM Local Authorities for 2023/24, be approved, as follows:

11.  That the GMCA Green-City Region Portfolio Leader Tom Ross (Lab) be appointed to the Greater Manchester Green City Region Partnership Board for 2023/24.

12.  That the appointments to the Greater Manchester Clean Air Scrutiny Committee, as agreed by the 10 GM Local Authorities for 2023/24, be noted as follows:

13.  That the appointments to the Greater Manchester Homelessness Programme Board, as nominated by the 10 GM Local Authorities for 2023/24, be approved, as follows:

14.  That the GM Transport Committee/Bee Network Committee be requested to appoint 5 members from the Committee (4 Labour and 1 Conservative) to the GMATL Board for 2023/24.

15.  That Councillors Bev Craig (Lab), Eamonn O’Brien (Lab) Nick Peel (Lab) and Arooj Shah (Lab) be appointed to the Greater Manchester Business Board (formerly Local Enterprise Partnership) for 2023/24:

16.  That Councillors Gerald Cooney (Lab), Bev Craig (Lab), Nazia Rehman (Lab) and Eamonn O’Brien (Lab) be appointed to the Growth Company Board for 2023/24.

17.  That the following Portfolio Leaders, Technical Education & Skills (Eamonn O’Brien), Resource & Investment (David Molyneux), Economy, Business & Inclusive Growth (Bev Craig), Green City Region (Tom Ross) and Equalities & Communities (Arooj Shah) be appointed to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund Board for 2023/24.

18.  That subject to any further changes the GMCA may wish to make, all appointments are made up to the GMCA Annual Meeting in June 2024.