Agenda and minutes

No declarations of interest were made.

RESOLVED

that the minutes of the meeting of the Panel held on 11^th July, 2017, be received and approved.

The Scrutiny Manager informed the Panel that the ‘Member representation on Outside Bodies’ topic had been added to the 2017/18 Scrutiny Workplan to enable Members to consider the ongoing value such representation provides to the Council and its local communities.

Members were currently appointed to 40 Outside Bodies ranging from local charities to national boards and organisations as follows:-

1.    Ageing Well Network

2.    Ashfield Citizens Advice Bureau Management Committee

3.    Ashfield Community Safety Partnership Joint Strategic Group

4.    Ashfield Homes Limited

5.    Association for Public Service Excellence

6.    Beauvale Charity – Hucknall

7.    Byron Charity - Hucknall

8.    Cahn Memorial Homes – Hucknall

9.    Citizens’ Reference Panel (NHS)

10. Campaign to Protect Rural England (Nottinghamshire Branch)

11. D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership Board

12. East Midlands Councils

13. Economic Prosperity Committee

14. George and Ada Shepherd and Moss and Plumb’s Charity

15. Greater Nottingham Joint Planning Advisory Board

16. Greenwood Community Forest Steering Group

17. Groundwork Cresswell, Ashfield & Mansfield  

18. Health and Wellbeing Board (County Council)

19. Historic England

20. Hucknall & District Voluntary Partnership (Under One Roof Project)

21. Hucknall Partnership Group

22. Hucknall Relief in Need Charity

23. The Industrial Communities Alliance

24. LGA District Council’s Network

25. Mansfield & Ashfield Economic Development Partnership (MAEDP)

26. Mansfield & District Crematorium Joint Committee

27. Market Traders Consultative Committee

28. Memorandum of Understanding between Ashfield District Council, Mansfield District Council, Newark and Sherwood District Council And Nottingham County Council Sponsor’s Board

29. NET Partnership Group

30. N.I.D.A.S

31. Nottinghamshire Building Preservation Trust

32. Nottinghamshire Joint Waste Management Committee

33. Nottinghamshire Local Government Leaders’ Group

34. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust

35. Our Centre

36. PATROL: Adjudication Joint Committee

37. Police and Crime Commissioner Panel

38. Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire

39. Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

40. Teversal Grange Advisory Committee.

Members were currently appointed to Outside Bodies for varying terms of office (ranging from 1 to 4 years) at the Annual Meeting of the Council in May of each year.  Outside Bodies were then provided with contact details for the appointed Council representative(s) and asked to make contact with the Member(s) to attend meetings, seminars, workshops etc. as appropriate.

The Scrutiny Manager advised Members that they may wish to consider processes to monitor Outside bodies feedback and acticvity. The Council presently did not ask Members to provide feedback on any information they gleaned at meetings which could potentially provide details of possible funding opportunities, initiatives or projects dependent on the Body concerned.  In addition, the Outside Bodies very rarely provided any updates or feedback back to the Council regarding their work within the Ashfield area or any contributions from the Council representative(s) in attendance.

The Panel were advised that some local authorities ensured that the Council representatives they appointed were only to Outside Bodies aligned with their own corporate priorities and strategies to ensure any information gleaned added value to their particular corporate approach.  In addition, some local authorities produced an Outside Bodies Annual Report which gave feedback/updates in relation to the work undertaken  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.