Agenda and minutes
Venue: Board Room 5&6 -Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley HA9 0FJ
Contact: Bryony Gibbs, Democratic Services Officer 020 8937 1355, Email: bryony.gibbs@brent.gov.uk
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Declarations of personal and prejudicial interests Members are invited to declare at this stage of the meeting, any relevant financial or other interest in the items on this agenda. Minutes: None declared. |
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Minutes of the previous meeting PDF 86 KB Minutes: RESOLVED:-
that the minutes of the previous meeting held on 25 February 2015 be approved as an accurate record of the meeting. |
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Matters arising Minutes: None. |
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Deputations (if any) |
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Representation of Political Groups on Committees PDF 63 KB At its meeting on 20 May 2015 the Council reviewed the representation of political groups on its main committees. As soon as practicable after such a review, those committees are required to conduct a review of the representation of political groups on any sub-committees they may have. This report sets out the rules to be applied during the course of the review. Additional documents: Minutes: A revised report was circulated for the committee’s consideration. Fiona Alderman (Chief Legal Officer) explained that subsequent to the circulation of the original report, advice had been obtained which confirmed that the Brent Conservative Group and the Conservative Group should be treated as separate Groups for the purposes of distributing committee seats amongst the political groups.
RESOLVED:
i) That the size of the sub-committees be noted;
ii) That the allocation of seats on the sub-committees to each of the political groups as detailed in paragraph 3.5 of the revised report from the Chief Legal Officer be agreed.
iii) That the following appointments for the 2015/16 municipal year be agreed:
BRENT PENSION FUND SUB-COMMITTEE (6/1/0) CRANE (C) DALY KHAN NAHEERATHAN SHAHZAD THOMAS
Labour substitutes: DIXON, ENIOLA, EZEAJUGHI, FARAH, FILSON, HARRISON, HYLTON, HECTOR, HODA-BENN, HOSSAIN, PERRIN, WILHELMINA MITCHELL MURRAY
VACANCY
NON-VOTING CO-OPTEES: College of North West London Stephen Holley Employees Francesca Hammond
SENIOR STAFF APPOINTMENTS SUB-COMMITTEE (4/1/0) BUTT (C) HIRANI MASHARI PAVEY
VACANCY
Labour substitutes: SOUTHWOOD, DENSELOW, MCLENNAN, MOHER
STAFF APPEALS SUB-COMMITTEE (4/1/0) BRADLEY KETAN SHETH (C) MARQUIS R PATEL
Labour substitutes: NERVA, S CHOUDHARY, COLACICCO, KABIR
VACANCY
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Appointments to Sub-Committees / Outside Bodies PDF 50 KB The committee is asked to appoint the membership of the following sub-committees for the 2015/16 municipal year:
· Brent Pension Fund Sub-Committee · Senior Staff Appointments Sub-Committee · Staff Appeals Sub-Committee Minutes: It was noted that this item had been considered under the report regarding the Representation of Political Groups on Committees. |
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Pensions Board membership PDF 70 KB The committee will consider nominations for membership of the Pensions Board and a recommendation from officers to appoint an independent Chair. Minutes: A report detailing the nominations for the Pension Board was tabled for the committee’s consideration.
RESOLVED:
i) That the following nominations for the Pension Board be agreed
Councillor Choudhary (Brent employer representative 1)
Councillor Kabir (Brent employer representative 2)
Bola George (Trade union representative 1 – Unison)
Euton Stewart (Trade union representative 2 – GMB)
Trevor Dawson (Pension scheme member)
ii) That authority be delegated to the Chief Finance Officer in consultation with the Director of HR and Chair of the General Purposes committee to appoint to the unfilled positions on the Pensions Board based upon nominations yet to be received or following the Officer interview process for the Independent Chair.
iii) That any appointments made by officers under delegated authority be reported to the next meeting of the General Purposes Committee.
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Any other urgent business Notice of items to be raised under this heading must be given in writing to the Democratic Services Manager or his representative before the meeting in accordance with Standing Order 64. Minutes: None. |