Agenda item

To consider proposals relating to the terms of appointment for Independent Persons.

STANDARDS COMMITTEE

(Caroline Kordai Addy)

2 October 2020

Fixed Terms for Independent Persons

The Committee on Standards in Public Life had recommended that Independent Persons be appointed for a fixed term of two years, renewable once. The Committee had also recommended that the terms of multiple Independent Persons should, ideally, overlap. Both the Standards Committee and the Establishment Committee had now considered this matter and were proposing to introduce a fixed term of two years, renewable twice.  The Standards Committee had also agreed in principle to stagger the appointments of the Independent Persons. The Court was now recommended to endorse these proposals and the necessary transitional arrangements.

Resolved – That a fixed term of office of two years, renewable twice, be adopted for the City Corporation’s Independent Persons, alongside the necessary transitional arrangements as set out in the report.