The Head of Law and Governance has submitted a report to agree appointments to charities, trusts, community associations and other organisations for the 2019/20 Council Year.

Recommendations: That  Cabinet resolves to:

1.    Approve appointments to charities, trusts, community associations and other organisations as shown in Appendices 1A – 1D; and note the appointments to partnerships as detailed in Appendix 1E;

2.    Note the guidance for appointees as detailed in Appendix 2;

3.    Agree to add the Climate Alliance and the Oxfordshire Building Trust to the list of charities, trusts, community associations and other organisations as detailed at paragraph 14 of the report; and

4.    Delegate authority to the Head of Law and Governance, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, and where appropriate with other group leaders, to make any changes to appointments to Outside Bodies as may be required during the course of the Council year 2019/20.

The Head of Law and Governance had submitted a report to agree appointments to charities, trusts, community associations and other organisations for the 2019/20 Council Year.

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Brown, introduced the report.

Cabinet agreed to vary the usual approach of appointing local ward councillors to community associations and in Appendix 1A make a change to the proposed appointment:

and to ask the report author to propose to the Elder Stubbs Charity that they review their membership with a view to reducing the number of places allocated to City Council appointees.

On being moved, Cabinet agreed the recommendations for the reasons set out in the report, noting the changes above.

On being moved, Cabinet agreed the recommendations for the reasons set out in the report, noting the changes above.

Cabinet resolved to:

1.    Amend the nominees for East Oxford Community Association to replace Cllr Hayes with Cllr Rowley;

2.    With that change, approve appointments to charities, trusts, community associations and other organisations as shown in Appendices 1A – 1D; and note the appointments to partnerships as detailed in Appendix 1E;

3.    Ask the report author to propose to the Elder Stubbs Charity a reduction in the number of City Council appointees;

4.    Note the guidance for appointees as detailed in Appendix 2;

5.    Agree to add the Climate Alliance and the Oxfordshire Building Trust to the list of charities, trusts, community associations and other organisations as detailed at paragraph 14 of the report; and

6.    Delegate authority to the Head of Law and Governance, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, and where appropriate with other group leaders, to make any changes to appointments to Outside Bodies as may be required during the course of the Council year 2019/20.