Agenda item

(a)       London Housing Consortium – Establishment and Membership of Joint Committee

(b)       To appoint chairs/vice chairs of committees as required and members/alternates to all committees, joint committees, forums and panels and to appoint co-opted members. (A schedule of nominations will be tabled at the meeting).

(c)       To appoint or nominate representatives or members to outside bodies and associations. (A schedule of nominations will be tabled at the meeting).

(d)       Proposed public consultation on “Shaping a Healthier Future” – health services in North West London

Councillor S Choudhary moved the appointment of Councillor Butt as Leader of the Council following the written resignation submitted by Councillor John.  Notification of the appointment of members to the Executive (and Highways Committee) and nominations for the places on committees and other bodies, including chairs and vice chairs and outside bodies were tabled.

Councillor Lorber moved that the Council’s appointments to Brent Housing Partnership should comprise two Labour councillors, 1 Liberal Democrat councillor and one Conservative councillor.  This was put to the vote and declared LOST.

Councillors Colwill, Hashmi, Jones, Ogunro and Thomas had been nominated to fill the four places on the Brent Housing Partnership Board.  Following voting on each nomination it was agreed that Councillors Colwill, Jones, Ogunro and Thomas be appointed.

RESOLVED:

(i)         that Councillor Butt be appointed Leader of the Council until the Annual meeting of the Council in May 2014;

(ii)        that the appointment of the Executive, as notified by the Leader of the Council, be noted:

(iii)       that the appointment of Chairs, Vice-Chairs and the memberships of committees be as set out in Appendix A to these minutes;

(iv)       that Angela Ruotolo be appointed Chair and Sola Afuape appointed Vice-Chair of the Standards Committee;

(v)        that Stephen Woods be appointed Chair of the Audit Committee;

(vi)       that the following statutory co-optees be appointed to the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the municipal year 2012/13:

(v)        that Dr J Levison, representing the Jewish faith, and Mrs Hawra Imame, representing the Muslim faith, be appointed as non-statutory members of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the municipal year 2012/13;

(vi)       that appointments/nominations to outside bodies be made as set out in Appendix B to these minutes.