North Yorkshire Council

Skipton and Ripon Area Constituency Committee

7 September 2023

Appointments to Outside Bodies

1.0       PURPOSE OF REPORT

1.1       To invite the Area Constituency Committee (ACC) to make appointments, on behalf of the

            Council, to vacant Internal Drainage Board positions.

2.0       BACKGROUND

2.1       Subsequent to the creation of the new North Yorkshire Council on 01.04.23, the number of Outside Bodies that the Council now appoints to has increased as the appointments previously made by the seven District and Borough Council’s now need to be made by North Yorkshire Council.

2.2       Appointments to Outside Bodies were made by the Area Constituency Committee’s in June 2023 for a period of 4 years from the start of the new Unitary Authority to May 2027.

3.0       APPOINTMENTS TO OUTSIDE BODIES

3.1       There are vacant positions on the following Internal Drainage Board (IDB) which the Leader has requested be appointed to by the Area Constituency Committee.

Airedale Internal Drainage Board – 9 Members

· Cllr A Brown

· Brian Shuttleworth

· Victoria Oldham

· 6 vacancies

4.0       Nomination and Appointment Process

4.1       At today’s meeting of the ACC, the Committee:-

· Is invited to make appointments to the vacant Internal Drainage Board positions as described in 3.1.

· In respect of each IDB vacancy, the Chairman will invite nominations for each vacancy on that outside body. Nominees are expected to be a member of the local community but may be the local Member. Once seconded, Area Constituency Committee Members will be asked to vote to approve those appointments.

5.0       ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED

5.1       Appointments have been made to the majority of Internal Drainage Board positions by the Executive. These positions remain and have been delegated to the Area Constituency Committee to invite nominations.

6.0       FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

6.1       There are no direct financial implications arising from this report.

7.0       LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

7.1       There are no legal implications arising from this report.

8.0       EQUALITIES IMPLICATIONS

8.1       There are no equalities implications arising from this report.

9.0       CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS

9.1       There are no climate change implications arising from this report.

10.0     REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS

10.1     Appointments to outside bodies are made by the Area Constituency Committee’s as per the Council’s Constitution

11.0	RECOMMENDATION
	i) With regard to each Internal Board Vacancy listed at 3.1 that a representative, to be nominated and selected at today’s meeting, be appointed to represent the Council on that outside body, to serve until the Council elections in 2027.

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS:

North Yorkshire Council Constitution. Constitution.

Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services

County Hall

Northallerton

11 August 2023

Report Author – Christine Phillipson Principal Democratic Services and Scrutiny Officer