Issue - meetings

Purpose: To revise appointments to the Executive and update Executive Member portfolios, and make an appointment to the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Integrated Care System Partnership Board.

Considered –

The Leader considered a report seeking to revise appointments to the Executive, and update Executive Member portfolios.  The Leader also considered a proposal to update the Constitution to reflect that all Executive Members in carrying out their duties as a portfolio holder were responsible for equality, diversity and inclusion.

Finally, Members of the Executive considered a proposal to make an appointment to the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Integrated Care System Partnership Board.

Resolved – That:

i.     That County Councillor Caroline Dickinson be removed from the Executive from 24 August 2021.

ii.     That County Councillor Andrew Lee be appointed as the Executive Member for Public Health, Prevention and Supported Housing

iii.     That County Councillor Derek Bastiman be appointed as the Executive Member for Open to Business, including growth, economic development, planning, waste management, trading standards unit and business relations;

iv.   That Climate Change be included in the Executive Member for Customer Engagement portfolio, as follows:

‘Executive Member for Climate Change and Customer Engagement including contact centre, website, libraries, digital, performance management (complaints and compliments)’

v.    That ‘including sustainability and transformation plans (issues relating to Friarage and Darlington Hospitals)’ be removed from the title of the portfolio of the Executive Member for Public Health, Prevention and Supported Housing, including sustainability and transformation plans (issues relating to Friarage and Darlington Hospitals)

vi.   That Members of the Executive recommended to the Chief Executive that under his emergency delegated powers, he appoint County Councillor Andrew Lee to the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Integrated Care System Partnership Board.

vii.   That the Constitution (and Council website) be updated by the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services) under his delegated powers in Article 15.02(c)(iii) to update the Constitution, to reflect the changes set out in resolution (i) to (vi) above, and to reflect that all Executive Members in carrying out their duties as a portfolio holder are responsible for equality, diversity and inclusion (as detailed in paragraph 2.2 of the report).