Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk (copy attached).

The Committee received a report of the Town Clerk. Members noted that the Terms of Reference of the Port Health & Environmental Services Committee approved by the Court did not reflect the dissolution of the Department of Environmental Services, nor the wish to involve the Chairman of the Port Health and Environmental Services Committee in the appointment of the post of Director of Markets and Consumer Protection and the Director of Open Spaces. The report set out how to resolve this satisfactorily.

Following a suggestion from the Chairman, Members agreed that the report should be for decision rather than for information. The Head of Recruitment and Learning & Development clarified that the proposal allowed for the Port Health & Environmental Services Committee to have only its Chairman on the Appointment Panel for the Director of Open Spaces, whereas the Open Spaces, City Gardens & West Ham Park Committee would continue to have three representatives on the Panel.

The Chairman therefore put the matter to a vote, the results of which were as follows:

Those in favour of the motion below – four votes

Those against the motion below – two votes

Those abstained – one vote

The motion was therefore carried.

RESOLVED: That the Corporate HR unit note the report and make the necessary preparations to give Port Health and Environmental Services Committee appropriate representation in the future appointments of the Director of Open Spaces.