Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Committee considered a report of the Town Clerk requiring it to review its terms of reference and frequency of meetings.

A Member questioned the paragraph within the Committee’s terms of reference regarding the appointment of the Director of Markets and Consumer Protection. He suggested that the same term was included within the Markets Committee’s but was worded differently. He therefore sought some clarification as to which of the three Committees referred to would take precedence over any future appointments.

The Director of Markets and Consumer Protection stated that, in reality, it was the Chairmen of the three Committees mentioned who would sit on an appointment panel as opposed to the full Committee.

A Member commented that he believed that, historically, this had been a Markets Committee appointment with both the Licensing and Port Health and Environmental Services Committees consulted on the matter.

The Committee requested that the Town Clerk clarify this matter ahead of the April 2016 Court of Common Council meeting.

RESOLVED – That:

a)         the terms of reference of the Committee be approved for submission to the Court, subject to further clarification from the Town Clerk around paragraph (b); and

b)         Members agree that the Committee continue to meet four times per annum