Issue - meetings

11.1       Members received the report from the Head of Legal Services who outlined the key points within the report.

11.2       On the issue of the Membership of the Rail North Committee Cllr Hale confirmed that option two is the preferred option of the Humber Leaders.

11.3       Mayor Rotheram commented on meeting locations and the difficulty of travelling to certain locations from Liverpool and Hull.

Resolved:

1)    That the nominees for the General Purposes Committee as set out in Appendix 1 with the addition of Cllr Laura Crane of Cheshire East as the Cheshire & Warrington Regional Group representative be appointed and  Cllr Crane replaces Cllr Corcoran as the Substitute Board member for Cheshire East;

2)    That as no nominees for the vacancy on the Audit and Governance Committee were received, this position remains vacant;

3)    That the waiver of the Terms of Reference in respect of the Chair of the Partnership Board currently in place continues until such time as the Board may resolve to the contrary at a future meeting;

4)    That  Appendix 12 of the Constitution as currently reproduced be replaced with the Code of Conduct published by the Cabinet Office in November 2019;

5)    That Board agrees in principle subject to compliance with health and safety considerations to hold 4 meetings per annum, one in person at a Manchester venue, one in person at a Leeds venue, with the other two meetings held as Chief Executive Consultation calls and any additional meetings convened if required by circumstances;

6)    That following the request from the four Leaders of the Humber authorities Board agrees to amend the membership of Rail North Committee to allow the Humber Region two representatives, one from the North of the Humber and one from the South of the Humber, each holding the weighted votes currently attributable to those areas in the event of a vote taking place, and delegates authority to the Monitoring Officer, having consulted with the Chief Executive, to make the necessary consequential changes to the Constitution.