Agenda and draft minutes

(If any) – receive.

Apologies were received from Councillor Keith Darvill, Councillor Pat Brown substituting.

Members are invited to disclose any interest in any of the items on the agenda at this point of the meeting. 

Members may still disclose any interest in any item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter.

There were no disclosures of interest.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Committee held on 2 November 2022 (attached) and to authorise the Chairman to sign them.

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 22 November 2022 were AGREED as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Report attached.

Executive Appointments

The Executive Appointments as shown in Appendix 1 to these minutes were recommended by the Committee to be made by the Leader.

Non-Executive Appointments

Havering Joint Forum

It was agreed that Councillor Prince should replace Councillor Damian White on the Havering Joint Forum and that Councillors Darvill and Goode should also be appointed to the Joint Forum.

Councillor Ford clarified that the Administration had met with Trade Unions but not through the Joint Forum. The Trade Unions would be asked if they wished to reinstate regular Joint Forum meetings.

It was agreed that appropriate wording on safeguarding the impact of any proxy votes being used should be brought to a future meeting of the Committee.

Councillor Morgon explained that no decisions had been taken as yet regarding replacement nominations for the Lucas Trust.

Councillor Morgon was appointed as the Council’s interim representative on the Poyntz Charity.

It was suggested that contributions of those Members appointed to external organisations could be considered by Overview and Scrutiny or be included in a Peer Review.

The Non-Executive Appointments as shown in Appendix 2 to these minutes were agreed by the Committee.