Agenda item

To appoint a Deputy Chair of the Bridge House Estates Board and the Grants Committee.

The Chair suggested that the formal election of a Deputy Chair for the BHE Board and the Grants Committee be deferred until the 27 April meeting, to account for any changes to the Board arising from the March elections and April Court meeting. The Chair proposed that until the 27 April meeting, the Board formally acknowledge Alderman & Sheriff Alison Gowman as the Deputy Chair of the Board and the Grants Committee until, noting that by convention under the City Corporation’s corporate governance framework it would fall to her to chair or be consulted in the event that either the Chair could not attend a meeting or consultation was required on a delegated or urgent decision, in the absence of a Deputy Chair. This proposal was agreed by the Board.

In response to a question from a Member, the Board was advised that a report reviewing the charity’s governance through the Board would be submitted to the February meeting of the Board for consideration.

RESOLVED – That Alderman & Sheriff Alison Gowman be formally acknowledged as the Deputy Chair of the BHE Board and the Grants Committee of the BHE Board until the 27 April meeting of the BHE Board.