Issue - meetings
Changes to Local Government Association Membership
Meeting: 12/11/2018 - Cabinet (Item 13)
13 Changes to Local Government Association Membership 
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On 4 July 2017, the Local Government Association (LGA) General Assembly, passed a resolution to create a new incorporated LGA, set up as an unlimited company, in place of the unincorporated association.
The report sets out the background to this decision and seeks Cabinet approval for the Council to participate in the new arrangements.
Decision:
RESOLVED that:
i. Cabinet agreed to the Council being a member of the new Local Government Association Unlimited Company.
ii. Cabinet authorised the Council’s Chief Executive to provide formal written agreement to the Local Government Association (LGA) to dissolve the unincorporated Local Government Association at such date thereafter as determined by the LGA Leadership Board
Minutes:
Councillor Margaret McLennan, Deputy Leader of the Council, introduced the report stating that the London Borough of Brent is currently a member of the Local Government Association (LGA), which is a member subscription organisation. It has been constituted as an unincorporated association since its inception in 1997. On 4 July 2017, the LGA General Assembly, passed a resolution to create a new incorporated LGA, set up as an unlimited company, in place of the unincorporated association.
Councillor McLennan stated that the purpose of this report is to set out the
background to this decision and to seek Cabinet approval for the Council to
participate in the new arrangements.
RESOLVED that:
i. Cabinet agreed to the Council being a member of the new Local Government Association Unlimited Company.
ii. Cabinet authorised the Council’s Chief Executive to provide formal written agreement to the Local Government Association (LGA) to dissolve the unincorporated Local Government Association at such date thereafter as determined by the LGA Leadership Board