North Yorkshire Council

Executive

21 April 2026

Appointments to Committees and Outside Bodies

Report of the Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services

1.0	PURPOSE OF THE REPORT
1.1	To enable the Executive to make appointments to the Ouse and Derwent Internal Drainage Board.

2.0       OUSE AND DERWENT INTERNAL DRAINAGE BOARD

2.1       The Executive appoints to the Ouse and Derwent Internal Drainage Board (IDB).  The council can appoint 8 members of the IDB.  One vacancy exists on the Board.  The appointments do not have to be a North Yorkshire Councillor.  They can be someone who has relevant qualifications or experience to the running of the IDBs. IDBs tend to have a mixture of local authority appointees, including: councillors; town/parish councillors; and retired professionals.

2.2       It is now recommended, following discussions with the Chair of the Board (Councillor John Cattanach), that Catherine Leng, a Barlby Parish Councillor, who is also a member of their ‘flood team’, be appointed to the vacant seat on the Board.

3.0       IMPLICATIONS

3.1       There are no equalities, finance, legal or climate change implications arising from the recommendations in this report.

4.0 4.1

RECOMMENDATION That the Executive appoints Parish Councillor Catherine Leng to the vacant seat on the Ouse and Derwent Internal Drainage Board.

Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services

County Hall

Northallerton

1 April 2026

Report Author – Elizabeth Jackson, Principal Democratic Services

Background documents: Constitution | North Yorkshire Council