Agenda item

Report of Liz Treacy, GMCA Monitoring Officer.

 

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

 

2.            That the Mayor’s and Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM, appointments to Portfolios for 2021/22 be noted as follows:

 

Portfolio	Lead Member	Lead Chief Executive
Safe & Strong Communities (Police and Fire)	Bev Hughes (GMCA)	Carolyn Wilkins (Oldham)
Green City Region	Neil Emmott (Rochdale)	Pam Smith (Stockport)
Economy & Business	Elise Wilson (Stockport)	Joanne Roney (Manchester)
Housing, Homelessness & Infrastructure	Paul Dennett (Salford)	Steve Rumbelow (Rochdale)
Resources & Investment	David Molyneux (Wigan)	Steve Wilson (GMCA)
Equalities	Brenda Warrington (Tameside)	Pam Smith (Stockport)
Policy & Reform, Transport	Andy Burnham (GMCA)	Eamonn Boylan (GMCA) – Policy & Transport   Tony Oakman (Bolton) -  Reform
Digital, Clean Air	Andrew Western (Trafford)	Sara Todd (Trafford)
Education, Skills, Work & Apprenticeships	Andrew Western (Trafford)	Tom Stannard (Salford)
Young People & Cohesion	Eamonn O’Brien (Bury)	Geoff Little (Bury)
Culture	David Greenhalgh (Bolton)	Alison McKenzie-Folan (Wigan)
Healthy Lives & Quality Care	Sir Richard Leese (Manchester)	Steven Pleasant (Tameside)
Community, Co-operatives & Inclusion	Arooj Shah (Rochdale)	Carolyn Wilkins (Oldham) Andrew Lightfoot (GMCA)

 

 

3.            That it be noted that specific Portfolio Assistants would not be appointed and that Leaders may, if they so wish, appoint a Greater Manchester Local Authority Councillor to act as a Portfolio Assistant, under the Constitution, to assist with the delivery of their portfolio.

 

4.            That the appointments by GM Local Authorities of members and substitute members to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority for 2021/22 be noted as below. That it also be noted that all substitute members will be invited to attend meetings of the GMCA, to be able to speak but not vote (unless acting in the absence of their member) as provided for in the constitution.

 

District	Member	Substitute Member
GMCA	Andy Burnham
Bolton	David Greenhalgh (Con)	Martyn Cox Con)
Bury	Eamonn O’Brien (Lab)	Andrea Simpson (Lab)
Manchester	Richard Leese (Lab)	Bev Craig (Lab)
Oldham	Arooj Shah(Lab)	Amanda Chadderton (Lab)
Rochdale	Neil Emmott (Lab)	Sara Rowbotham (Lab)
Salford	Paul Dennett (Lab)	John Merry (Lab)
Stockport	Elise Wilson (Lab)	Tom McGee (Lab)
Tameside	Brenda Warrington (Lab)	Bill Fairfoull (Lab)
Trafford	Andrew Western (Lab)	Catherine Hynes (Lab)
Wigan	David Molyneux (Lab)	Nazia Rehman (Lab)

 

 

5.            That the appointment of the following GMCA members (4 Labour & 1 Conservative) to the GMCA Standards Committee for 2021/22 be approved as follows:

 

David Greenhalgh (Bolton) (Con)

Paul Dennett (Salford) (Lab)

Elise Wilson (Stockport) (Lab)

Andrew Western (Trafford) (Lab)

Brenda Warrington (Tameside) (Lab)

 

 

6.            That the extension of the appointment Geoff Linnell, Co-opted Independent Member, to act as the Chair of the Standards Committee and Nicole Jackson, Independent Person, to assist the Monitoring Officer and Hearing Panel in dealing with allegations that members of the GMCA have acted in breach of the GMCA’s Code of Conduct, to 30 November 2021 be approved, during which time a recruitment exercise will be undertaken.

 

7.            That the appointment of the following GMCA members (6 Labour & 1 Conservative) to the GMCA Resources Committee for 2021/22 be approved as follows:

 

Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham (Lab)

David Greenhalgh (Bolton) (Con)

Richard Leese (Manchester) (Lab)

Elise Wilson (Stockport) (Lab)

Paul Dennett (Salford) (Lab)

Brenda Warrington (Tameside) (Lab)

David Molyneux (Wigan) (Lab)

 

 

8.            That the appointment of the following members five members to the GMCA Audit Committee (4 members - 3 Labour & 1 Conservative) and 2 substitute members) for 2021/22 be approved as follows:

 

1	Bury	Mary Whitby	Lab
2	Oldham	Colin McLaren	Lab
3	Manchester	Sarah Russell	Lab
4	Trafford	Chris Boyes	Con
Substitute Members
5	Salford	Tracy Kelly	Lab
6	Wigan	Joanne Marshall	Lab

 

 

9.             That it be noted that the GMCA has previously agreed to extend the appointment of Gwyn Griffiths and Catherine Scivier as Independent members of the GMCA’s Audit Committee for a further 3-year term of office, terminating on 30^th June 2023.

10.          That the final appointments to the GMCA Overview & Scrutiny Committees for 2021/22 be agreed as follows:

CORPORATE ISSUES & REFORM OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY
1	Bolton	Samuel Rimmer (Con)
2 3	Bury	TBC (Lab) Tim Pickstone (Lib Dem)
4	Manchester	TBC (Lab)
5 6	Oldham	Colin McClaren (Lab) TBC (Lab)
7	Rochdale	Kallum Nolan (Lab)
8 9	Salford	Gina Reynolds (Lab) TBC  (Lab)
10 11	Stockport	Wendy Wild (Lab) John McGahan (Con)
12	Tameside	Teresa Smith (Lab)
13 14	Trafford	Jill Axford (Lab) Nathan Evans (Cons)
15	Wigan	Joanne Marshall (Lab)

 

ECONOMY, BUSINESS GROWTH & SKILLS OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY
1 2	Bolton	Andrea Finney (Con) Susan Howarth (Lab)
3	Bury	Mary Whitby (Lab)
4 5	Manchester	Greg Stanton (Lab) TBC (Lab)
6	Oldham	George Hulme (Lab)
7 8	Rochdale	Ray Dutton (Lab) Mike Holly (Con)
9	Salford	Jim King (Lab)
10 11	Stockport	Kate Butler (Lab) Becky Senior (Lib Dem)
12	Tameside	Stephen Homer (Lab)
13	Trafford	Barry Brotherton (Lab)
14 15	Wigan	Charles Rigby (Lab)  Michael Winstanley (Con)

 

HOUSING, PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY
1	Bolton	John Walsh (Con)
2	Bury	Martin Hayes (Lab)
3 4	Manchester	Mandie Shilton-Godwin (Lab) TBC (Lab)
5	Oldham	Barbara Brownridge (Lab)
6 7	Rochdale	Linda Robinson (Lab) Kathleen Nickson (Con)
8	Salford	Stuart Dickman (Lab)
9 10	Stockport	Janet Mobbs (Lab)  Colin MacAlister (Lib Dem)
11 12	Tameside	Mike Glover (Lab) Liam Billington (Con)
13 14	Trafford	Kevin Procter (Lab) Akilah Akinola (Lab)
15	Wigan	Fred Walker (Lab)

 

11. That it be agreed to appoint the following members to the GMCA Scrutiny Substitute Pool.

	LABOUR	CONSERVATIVE	LIB DEM	IND
Bolton	Akhtar Zaman	Stuart Hartigan	n/a	n/a
Bury	TBC	TBC	n/a	n/a
Manchester	n/a	n/a	TBC	n/a
Oldham	n/a	n/a	Hazel Gloster Sam Al-Hamdani	n/a
Rochdale	Tom Besford	n/a	n/a	n/a
Salford	n/a	Ari Leitner Karen Garrido	n/a	n/a
Stockport	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Tameside	Adrian Pearce	Ruth Welsh	n/a	n/a
Trafford	n/a	Mussadak Mirza	n/a	n/a
Wigan	Debra Wailes	n/a	n/a	Paul Maiden

 

12.      That theappointment to theGreaterManchesterWaste& RecyclingCommittee(11 Labour,3 Conservativeand1 LiberalDemocrat), fromthenominationsreceived from the GMLocal Authorities,for2021/22 be approved as follows:

 

District	Member
Bolton	Adele Warren (Con)
Bury	Allan Quinn (Lab)
Manchester	Tracey Rawlins (Lab) Shaukat Ali (Lab)
Oldham	Peter Davis (Lab) Mohammed Alyas (Lab)
Rochdale	Wendy Cocks (Lab) Terry Smith (Lab)
Salford	David Lancaster (Lab) Robin Garrido (Con)
Stockport	Roy Driver (Lab) Helen Foster-Grime (Lib Dem)
Tameside	Allison Gwynne (Lab)
Trafford	Stephen Adshead (Lab) Dylan Butt (Con)
Wigan	NA

 

13.         That it be noted that the appointment of the Chair of the GM Waste & Recycling Committee will be made at the GMCA meeting in July, on the recommendation of the GM Waste & Recycling Committee.

 

14.         That the appointments to the GM Culture & Social Impact Fund Committee for 2021/22 be agreed as follows:

 

District	Member	Substitute Member
Bolton	Hilary Fairclough (Con)	To be confirmed
Bury	Charlotte Morris (Lab)	Richard Gold (Lab)
Manchester	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
Oldham	Norman Briggs (Lab)	To be confirmed
Rochdale	Janet Emsley (Lab)	Susan Smith (Lab)
Salford	Stephen Coen (Lab)	David Lancaster (Lab)
Stockport	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
Tameside	Leanne Feeley (Lab)	Mike Smith (Lab)
Trafford	Liz Patel (Lab)	Mike Freeman(Lab)
Wigan	Paul Prescot (Lab)	Keith Cunliffe (Lab)

 

 

15.         That Councillor Andrew Western, as the Portfolio Lead for Skills, Employment & Apprenticeships, be appointed to the Skills and Employment Partnership for 2021/22. 

 

16.         That the appointment of ten members to the Skills and Employment Executive be agreed as follows:

 

District	Member
Bolton	Martyn Cox (Con)
Bury	Tamoor Tariq (Lab)
Manchester	To be confirmed
Oldham	Shaid Mushtaq (Lab)
Rochdale	John Blundell (Lab)
Salford	Philip Cusack (Lab)
Stockport	To be confirmed
Tameside	Ged Cooney (Lab)
Trafford	Mike Freeman (Lab)
Wigan	Dane Anderton (Lab)

 

 

17.         That the appointments by the GM Local Authorities to the Health and Care Board for 2021/22 be noted as follows:

 

District	Member	Substitute Member
Bolton	Susan Baines (Con)	Andrew Morgan (Con)
Bury	Andrea Simpson (Lab)	To be confirmed
Manchester	Richard Leese (Lab)	Bev Craig (Lab)
Oldham	Zahid Chauhan (Lab)	Arooj Shah (Lab)
Rochdale	Daalat Ali (Lab)	Shah Wazir (Lab)
Salford	Paul Dennett (Lab)	John Merry (Lab)
Stockport	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
Tameside	Brenda Warrington (Lab)	Bill Fairfoull (Lab)
Trafford	Andrew Western (Lab)	Jane Slater (Lab)
Wigan	Keith Cunliffe (Lab)	James Moodie (Lab)

 

 

18.         That the appointments by the GM Local Authorities to the Joint Health Commissioning Board for 2021/22 be noted as below and that those appointed to be requested to appoint their own substitute.

 

District	Member	Substitute Member
Bolton	Andrew Morgan (Con)	Anne Galloway (Con)
Bury	Andrea Simpson (Lab)	To be confirmed
Manchester	Bev Craig (Lab)	To be confirmed
Oldham	Zahid Chauhan (Lab)	To be confirmed
Rochdale	Daalat Ali (Lab)	To be confirmed
Salford	John Merry (Lab)	Damien Bailey (Lab)
Stockport	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
Tameside	Brenda Warrington (Lab)	To be confirmed
Trafford	Jane Slater (Lab)	Andrew Western (Lab)
Wigan	Keith Cunliffe (Lab)	David Molyneux (Lab)

 

 

19.         That the appointments to the GM Transport Committee, as agreed by the 10 GM Local Authorities for 2021/22, be noted as follows:

 

 

District	Member	Substitute Member
Bolton	Stuart Haslam (Con)	Stuart Hartigan (Con)
Bury	Kevin Peel (Lab)	Nathan Baroda (Lab)
Manchester	Emma Taylor (Lab)	Julie Connolly (Lab)
	Naeem Hassan (Lab)	John Farrell (Lab)
Oldham	Norman Briggs (Lab)	To be confirmed
Rochdale	Phil Burke (Lab)	Susan Emmott (Lab)
Salford	Roger Jones (Lab)	Mike McCusker (Lab)
Stockport	David Mellor (Lab)	Angie Clark (Lib Dem)
Tameside	Warren Bray (Lab)	To be confirmed
Trafford	Stephen Adshead (Lab)	James Wright (Lab)
Wigan	Joanne Marshal (Lab)	Paul Prescott (Lab)

 

 

20.         That it be noted that the GM Mayor is a member of the GM Transport Committee and that Brenda Warrington, Leader of Tameside Council, be appointed to act as the Mayor’s substitute member on the GM Transport Committee.

 

21.         That it be agreed that Andrew Western, Leader of Trafford Council, be appointed as the GMCA member to the GM Transport Committee, and that Eamonn O’Brien, Leader of Bury Council, be appointed to act as the GMCA substitute member to the GM Transport Committee.   

 

22.         That the GM Mayor’s appointments to the Transport Committee, ensuring that each district is represented and there is political balance of the Committee, be noted as follows:

 

Labour Appointments (5):

 

Mohammed Auyub (Bolton)

Shah Wazir (Rochdale)

Barry Warner (Salford)

Elise Wilson (Stockport)

Mark Aldred (Wigan)

 

Substitute Labour Appointments:

Tom McGee (Salford)

To be confirmed

 

Conservative Appointments (3):

 

Doreen Dickinson (Tameside)

Nathan Evans (Trafford)

Jackie Harris (Bury)

 

Substitute Conservative Members (3):

 

Linda Holt (Stockport)

Adam Marsh (Wigan)

To be confirmed

 

Liberal Democrat Members (2):

 

Howard Sykes (Oldham)

John Leech (Manchester)

 

Substitute Liberal Democrat Members (2):

 

Angie Clark (Stockport)

 

23.         That it be noted that the GM Transport Committee shall select and recommend the appointment of a Chair by the GM Mayor.

 

24.         That Councillor Neil Emmott, Leader of Rochdale Council, be appointed as the GMCA Green-City Region Portfolio Lead to the GM Green City Region Partnership Board for 2021/22.

 

25.         That the appointments to the Clean Air Charging Authorities Committee, as agreed by the 10 GM Local Authorities for 2021/22, be noted as follows:

 

District	Member	Substitute
Bolton	Adele Warren (Con)	Anne Galloway (Con)
Bury	Alan Quinn (Lab)	Nathan Boroda (Lab)
Manchester	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
Oldham	Amanda Chadderton (Lab)	Steve Williams (Lab)
Rochdale	Sara Rowbotham (Lab)	To be confirmed
Salford	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
Stockport	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
Tameside	Alison Gwynne (Lab)	Laura Boyle (Lab)
Trafford	Stephen Adshead (Lab)	Jane Slater (Lab)
Wigan	Paul Prescott (Lab)	Joanne Marshall (Lab)

 

26.         That the appointments to the Air Quality Administration Committee, as agreed by the 10 GM Local Authorities for 2021/22, be noted as follows:

 

District	Member	Substitute
Bolton	Adele Warren (Con)	Anne Galloway (Con)
Bury	Alan Quinn (Lab)	Nathan Boroda (Lab)
Manchester	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
Oldham	Amanda Chadderton (Lab)	Steve Williams (Lab)
Rochdale	Sara Rowbotham (Lab)	To be confirmed
Salford	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
Stockport	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
Tameside	Alison Gwynne (Lab)	Laura Boyle
Trafford	Stephen Adshead (Lab)	Jane Slater (Lab)
Wigan	Paul Prescott (Lab)	Joanne Marshall (Lab)

 

 

27.         That the appointment Andrew Western, of the Portfolio Lead for Clean Air, to the Air Quality Administration Committee be noted.

 

28.         That the appointment to the Places for Everyone Joint Committee, as agreed by the 10 GM Local Authorities for 2021/22, be noted as follows:

 

District	Member	Substitute
Bolton	Toby Hewitt (Con)	Martyn Cox (Con)
Bury	Eamonn O’Brien (Lab)	To be confirmed
Manchester	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
Oldham	Arooj Shah (Lab)	Hannah Roberts (Lab)
Rochdale	Neil Emmott (Lab)	Sara Rowbotham (Lab)
Salford	Paul Dennett (Lab)	John Merry (Lab)
Stockport	N/A	N/A
Tameside	Brenda Warrington (Lab)	Ged Cooney (Lab)
Trafford	Andrew Western (Lab)	James Wright (Lab)
Wigan	David Molyneux (Lab)	Paul Prescott (Lab)

 

 

29.         That theappointmentof5 members(4 Labourand1 Conservative)to theBoardofGreater Manchester  Accessible  Transport  Limited  to  the  Greater  Manchester  Transport  Committee  for 2021/22bedelegated to theGM TransportCommittee.

 

30.         That theappointment of the following members to the GreaterManchesterLocal EnterprisePartnership for2021/22beapproved:

 

Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham

Richard Leese (Manchester) (Lab)

Brenda Warrington (Tameside) (Lab)

Elise Wilson (Stockport) (Lab)

 

31.         That the appointment of the following members to the Manchester Growth Company Board for 2021/22 be approved:

 

Elise Wilson (Stockport)

Paul Dennett (Salford)

Martyn Cox (Bolton)

Arooj Shah (Oldham)

Leanne Feeley (Tameside)

 

32.         That the appointment of the GM Mayor to the Transport for the North Board for 2021/22 be noted.

 

33.         That Councillor Mark Aldred be appointed as the substitute member of the TfN Board for 2021/22.

 

34.         That Roger Jones (Salford) and Philip Massey (Rochdale) be appointed to the TfN Scrutiny Committee for 2021/22.

 

35.         That the appointment of the following members to the Greater Manchester European Structural Fund (European Programmes) Local Management Committee for 2021/22 be approved:

 

Andrew Western Fielding, (Skills & Employment),

David Molyneux (Resource & Investment) Finance)

Elise Wilson (Economy)

Keith Cunliffe (Wigan)

To be confirmed

 

36.         That subject to any further changes the GMCA may wish to make, all appointments to made up to the GMCA Annual Meeting in June 2022.