Agenda

To agree the minutes of the meeting of the Court of Common Council held on 9 March 2023.

The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor to report on his recent overseas visits.

To receive a statement from the Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee.

To appoint the Committees until the first meeting of the Court in April 2024 and to agree the terms of reference and constitution for each Committee.

(A list of the proposed appointments, terms of reference including proposed amendments, and constitutions has been separately circulated).

(Unless otherwise stated the requirement for certain Committees to have a Member with fewer than five or ten years’ service on the Court, at the time of their appointment, is fulfilled by the existing membership).

(Supporting statements in respect of the contested vacancies outlined below are set out immediately following the White Paper, at pages 89 to 98).

Nominations received for vacancies of varying terms:-

Where appropriate:-

* denotes a Member standing for re-appointment;

# denotes a Member with fewer than five years’ service on the Court;

† denotes a Member whose primary residence is in the City;

^ denotes a Member who currently serves on the Committee in either an ex-officio capacity or as a representative of another Committee with appointment rights.

To consider the following appointments:

(A)         Policy & Resources Committee (five vacancies).

(Contest)

Nominations received:-

Deputy Simon Duckworth

*Mary Durcan

Helen Fentimen

Jason Groves

*Deputy Madush Gupta

Wendy Hyde

*Deputy Shravan Joshi

Gregory Lawrence

*Deputy Charles Edward Lord

Paul Martinelli

*Wendy Mead

Paul Singh

*Deputy James Thomson

(B)         Audit & Risk Management Committee (four vacancies).

(Contest)

Nominations received: -

*Deputy Randall Anderson

*Deputy Christopher Boden

*Alderman Prem Goyal

(C)     City of London Police Authority Board (three vacancies).

(Contest)

Nominations received:-

Jason Groves

*Deborah Oliver

*Deputy James Thomson

*Dawn Wright

(D)       Education Board (one vacancy).

(No Contest)

Nomination received:-

Steve Goodman

(E)       Board of Governors of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (two vacancies).

(Contest)

            Nominations received:-

            *Munsur Ali

            *Deputy Graham Packham

(F)       Gresham Committee (City Side) (three vacancies).

            (Contest)

            Nominations received:-

*Deputy Simon Duckworth

Michael

To appoint vacancies on Ward Committees (where not all places on Ward Committees are filled by Wards, vacancies can be filled by Members of the Court), viz.:

(A)         Community & Children’s Services Committee (three vacancies).

(Contest)

Nominations received:-

Dawn Frampton

Steve Goodman

Deputy Natasha Lloyd-Owen

Deborah Oliver

(B)       Finance Committee (one vacancy).

Nomination received:-

(No contest)

Aaron D’Souza

(C)       Port Health & Environmental Services Committee (one vacancy).

            (No contest)

Nomination received:-

Henrika Priest

To regularise Aldermanic qualification in respect of certain convictions.

(Third and Final Reading).

To consider proposals relating to the revision of Standing Orders.

To consider proposals relating to a Traffic Order Review.

To consider the annual On-Street Parking Accounts and approve submission to the Mayor of London.

To consider the appointment of an External Member to the Committee.

To consider recommendations concerning the provision of hospitality.

To consider a circulated list of applications for the Freedom of the City.

To note action taken under urgency procedures in relation to the Heathrow Animal Reception Centre.

To receive a report setting out measures introduced into Parliament which may have an effect on the services provided by the City Corporation.

To receive a report of the Chairman of the Planning and Transportation Committee, advising of a recent achievement.

That the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business below on the grounds that they either involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, 3, and 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act, 1972, or relate to functions of the Court of Common Council which are not subject to the provisions of Part VA and Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

To agree the non-public minutes of the meeting of the Court held on 9 March 2023.

To consider a matter pertaining to the Members’ Code of Conduct.

To consider reports of the Bridge House Estates Board, as follows :-

To consider proposals relating to the adoption of the power to take a total return approach to investment of the Permanent Endowment Fund.

To consider proposals relating to the Bridge House Estates Investment Strategy.

To consider reports of the Property Investment Board, as follows:-

Disposal of Freehold – to consider the sale of a freehold interest within the City Estate Portfolio.

Report of action taken - To receive a report of action taken under urgency procedures in relation to the disposal of freeholds within the City Estate Portfolio.

Report of action taken - To receive a report of action taken under urgency procedures in relation to the purchase of a freehold for the City Estate Portfolio.

The Town Clerk to report the outcome of the (several) ballot(s) taken at the last Court:

Where appropriate:-

 *   denotes a Member standing for re-appointment;

¬ denotes appointed.

(A)         Four Members to the The Honourable The Irish Society.

(B)       Two Members to the Mitchell City of London Charity and Educational Foundation  

(C)      Two Members to the City of London Reserves Forces and Cadets Association