Agenda item

Councillor Cutler introduced the report and drew Cabinet’s attention to the group nominations that had been circulated prior to the meeting.

At the invitation of the Deputy Leader, Councillors Horrill and Lee addressed the meeting as summarised briefly below.

Councillor Horrill

Councillor Horrill suggested that consideration be given to changing the appointment process to give more regard to the value individual councillors could bring to an organisation.  She also requested further investigations be carried out to ensure each organisation was still actively meeting and involving the appointed councillor representative.

Councillor Lee

Councillor Lee emphasised that members of the Green group had expressed an interest in being appointed and would welcome the opportunity to be involved.

Councillor Cutler responded to the comments made including agreeing that further consideration be given to requiring councillors to feed back on the work of the outside body to which they were appointed.

Cabinet agreed to the following for the reasons set out in the report and addendum and outlined above.

RESOLVED:

That the following appointments to external bodies be made for the 2025/26 Municipal Year (unless stated otherwise):

(i)            The Carroll Centre Board of Trustees (Observer to the Board) – Councillor Becker and Councillor Wise (deputy) (until May 2028)

(ii)           Central Hampshire Road Safety Council – Councillor Westwood

(iii)         Hampshire & Isle of Wight Local Government Association (HIOWLGA) – Leader and Deputy Leader (Councillors Tod and Cutler)

(iv)         Hampshire County Council Annual Meeting with Parish & District Councils regarding public transport issues – Cabinet Member with responsibility for Transport (Councillor Learney)

(v)          Hampshire Cultural Trust – Cabinet Member with responsibility for Culture (Councillor Thompson) (Trustee) and Councillor Gordon-Smith (Observer)

(vi)         Hampshire Homechoice Board – Cabinet Member with responsibility for Housing (Councillor Reach)

(vii)        Hampshire Rural Forum – Cabinet Member with responsibility for the Economy (Councillor Thompson)

(viii)      Housing Ombudsman Complaints Handling Code – Member responsible for complaints – Cabinet Member with responsibility for Housing (Councillor Reach)

(ix)         Local Government Association – Leader and Deputy Leader (Councillors Tod and Cutler)

(x)          Partnership for South Hampshire (PfSH) Joint Committee – Leader and Deputy Leader (Councillors Tod and Cutler)

(xi)         PATROL (Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London) Adjudication Joint Committee – Cabinet Member with responsibility for transport/parking – Councillor Learney

(xii)        Police and Crime Panel (until May 2029, confirmed annually) – Councillor Murphy (Councillor Laming)

(xiii)      Portsmouth Water Customer Forum (until May 2028) – Councillor Wallace

(xiv)      Project Integra Management Board – Cabinet Member with responsibility for waste (Councillor Cramoysan) plus Councillor Learney (deputy)

(xv)       River Hamble Harbour Management Committee (until May 2029, confirmed annually) – Councillor Power and Councillor Latham (deputy)

(xvi)      South East England Councils (SEEC) – Leader and Deputy Leader (Councillors Tod and Cutler)

(xvii)     South East Employers – Chair of Audit & Governance Committee (Councillor Morris)

(xviii)   Southampton International Airport Consultative Committee – Cabinet Member with responsibility for Transport (Councillor Learney) and Councillor Bennett (deputies Councillors Pett & Clear)

(xix)      Streetreach (until May 2028) – Councillor Batho

(xx)       Tourism South East – Cabinet Member with responsibility for Tourism (Councillor Thompson)

(xxi)      Trinity Winchester (until May 2028) – Cabinet Member for homelessness (Councillor Becker) plus Councillors Tippett-Cooper and Horrill

(xxii)     Unit 12 CIC (formerly Integr8 CIC) – Cabinet Member with responsibility for the community (Councillor Becker)

(xxiii)   Venta Living Ltd – Councillors Batho & Pett (NB Mr Tim Sharp also appointed as an independent director)

(xxiv)   Welborne Community Forum – Councillor Chamberlain

(xxv)    WinACC – Cabinet Member with responsibility for Environment (Councillor Learney)

(xxvi)   Winchester Business Improvement District (BID) – Cabinet Member with responsibility for Economy (Councillor Thompson)

(xxvii)  Winchester Beacon – Cabinet Member with responsibility for homelessness (Councillor Becker)

(xxviii)Winchester Excavations Committee (until May 2028) – Councillor Clear

(xxix)   Winchester Sports Stadium Management Committee – Cabinet Member with responsibility for Sport (Councillor Becker) and Councillor Clear

2.          That representatives be reminded of their responsibilities whilst representing the Council on an external organisation, as summarised in Paragraphs 1.6 – 1.10 of the report and in the Guidance regarding serving on Outside Bodies.