North Yorkshire Council

Richmond Area Constituency Committee

18 December 2023

Appointments to Outside Bodies

1.0       PURPOSE OF REPORT

1.1       To invite the Area Constituency Committee to confirm the appointment, on behalf of the   Council, to the Richmond School Trust.

2.0       BACKGROUND

2.2       Appointments to Outside Bodies were made by the Area Constituency Committee’s in June 2023. It has become necessary to reconfirm the appointment to the Richmond School Trust following changes over recent months.

3.0       RICHMOND SCHOOL TRUST

3.1       This is a Category 3 outside body appointment. Councillor Stuart Parsons as the local Member, is invited to confirm his nominee for the vacancy at this meeting. Nominees are expected to be a member of the local community but may be the local Member. Once seconded, Area Constituency Committee Members are asked to vote to approve the appointment.

3.2       Once the appointment has been made, Democratic Services will forward the contact details (i.e postal address, email address and phone number) for the appointed nominee to the Secretary of the outside body.

3.3       At a recent meeting of the Trust, they indicated they were keen to have a Councillor appointee and having previously been the appointee, Councillor Stuart Parsons has agreed to return to the Trust for the present time.

4.0       TERM OF APPOINTMENTS

4.1       Council appointees to Category 3 outside bodies are to serve until a replacement is appointed.

5.0       FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

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

6.0       LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

6.1       There are no legal implications arising from this report.

7.0       EQUALITIES IMPLICATIONS

7.1       There are no equalities implications arising from this report.

8.0       CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS

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

9.0       REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS

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

10.0	RECOMMENDATION
	That the Richmond (Yorks) Area Constituency Committee confirm the appointment of Councillor Stuart Parsons as the Council’s appointee on the Richmond School Trust, to serve until a replacement is appointed.

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS:

North Yorkshire Council Constitution. Constitution

Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services

County Hall

Northallerton

2 June 2023

Report Author – Sarah Holbird, Democratic Services Officer