Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Board considered a report of the Town Clerk presenting the annual review of the Terms of Reference and the following points were made:

• Governors discussed proposed amendments to the Board’s Terms of Reference for the 2022/23 municipal year which had been developed in line with governance changes arising from the Target Operating Model and Governance Review.  The proposed amended Terms of Reference were supported, subject to the following change to the Board’s composition:

“up to eight Commoners elected by the Court of Common Council at least one of whom shall have fewer than five years’ service on the Court at the time of their appointment to serve a term of no more than twelve years, including at least one Aldermanic Governor.”

• The Board went on to discuss Board meeting frequency and timings for the forthcoming municipal year and agreed that an afternoon/evening meeting be piloted for the meeting of the Board of Governors in March 2023.

RESOLVED, that:

·         The revised Terms of Reference be approved for submission to both the Policy and Resources Committee and the Court of Common Council for approval, subject to the above amendment to the Board’s composition;

·         No change was required to the Board’s frequency of meetings;

• Authority be delegated to the Town Clerk in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman to agree any further changes to the Terms of Reference for the 2022/23 municipal year; and,

• An afternoon/evening meeting be piloted for the meeting of the Board of Governors in March 2023.