Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

Members considered a report of the Town Clerk regarding Committee Terms of Reference and Compositions. The Chairman noted that the term ‘elected Member of the Court of Common Council’ detailed in the proposed amendments to the City Bridge Trust Committee’s terms of reference was meaningless given all Members of the Court were elected.

RESOLVED, that no changes to the Policy and Resources Committee’s terms of reference were necessary; and that the following amendments be put forward to the Court of Common Council for approval,

·         the appointment of an additional Member to serve on the Audit and Risk Management Committee, to widen the pool of Members who might be interested in serving as Deputy Chairman and Chairman;

·         the election a second Deputy Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee from amongst its external Members and, if supported, the approval of the Court of Common Council be given for Standing Order No. 30 to be amended to reflect this;

• up to two external persons being co-opted by the City Bridge Trust with relevant experience and skills, selected through a fair and transparent process determined by the Committee; and

·         the amendments to the terms of reference of the City Bridge Trust, Culture, Heritage and Libraries, Finance, Markets and Investment Committees as set out in the report and in the relevant appendices, except for the term ‘elected Members of the Court of Common Council’ regarding the City Bridge Trust, which should simply read ‘Members of the Court of Common Council’.