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Report of the Director of Law and Governance

The City Council considered a report of the Director of Law and Governance seeking approval for changes to a number of appointments of the City Council.

Appointments to Council bodies and outside bodies were normally made annually at the Council’s Annual Meeting. However, as part of the Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the requirement for Local Authorities to hold an Annual Meeting was removed. Whilst most of the City Council’s current appointments to both its bodies and outside bodies will continue to the next Annual Meeting (anticipated to be held in May 2021), there were changes required to some of these appointments.  These changes were due to vacancies following the sad death of Councillor S Bains and the subsequent election of Councillor G Hayre; the appointment of Councillors A Lucas and J McNicholas as Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor respectively; and requests from the Political Groups. This report seeks approval to those changes. 

RESOLVED that the City Council approves the following appointments:

Council Bodies:

1.  That Councillor L Bigham be appointed to the Licensing and Regulatory Committee in place of Councillor A Lucas

2.  That Councillor C Miks be appointed as Chair of the Business, Economy and Enterprise Scrutiny Board (3) in place of Councillor J McNicholas

3.  That Councillor C Miks be appointed to the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee in place of Councillor J McNicholas

4.  That Councillor G Hayre be appointed to the vacancy on Finance and Corporate Services Scrutiny Board (1)

5.  That Councillor L Bigham be appointed to the Business, Economy and Enterprise Scrutiny Board (3) in place of Councillor A Lucas

6.  That Councillor G Hayre be appointed to the vacancy on the Business, Economy and Enterprise Scrutiny Board (3)

7.  That Councillor J McNicholas be appointed to the Communities and Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Board (4) in place of Councillor C Miks

8.  That Councillor M Heaven be appointed to the Communities and Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Board (4) in place of Councillor T Mayer

9.  That Councillor B Singh be appointed to the vacant post of Deputy Chair of the Audit and Procurement Committee

10.  That Councillor C Miks be appointed to the Coventry Local Development Plan Advisory Panel in her role as Chair of the Business, Economy and Enterprise Scrutiny Board (3)

11.  That Councillor C Miks be appointed to the City of Culture 2021 Panel in her role as Chair of the Business, Economy and Enterprise Scrutiny Board (3)

Outside Bodies:

1.  That Councillors G Duggins (Chair), P Hetherton and G Lloyd be appointed to the Tom White Waste Limited Shareholders Panel

2.  That Councillor G Hayre be appointed to the Sir Charles Barratt Memorial Fund in place of David Kershaw

3.  That Councillor P Akhtar be nominated as the joint appointment of Coventry City Council and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council to the Police and Crime Panel (this is a further appointment to the Panel which rotates annually with Solihull Metropolitan Council)

4.  That Councillor L Bigham be appointed to the vacancy on the Whitefriars Housing – Coventry Local Stakeholders Panel

5.  That Councillor E Ruane be appointed to the Birmingham International Airport Holdings Limited – Board of Directors in place of Councillor J McNicholas

6.  That Councillor M Lapsa be appointed as the Conservative Group nominee to the Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre in place of Councillor T Mayer

7.  That Councillor M Heaven be appointed to the Coventry and Solihull Waste Disposal Company Ltd Shareholders Panel in place of Councillor T Mayer