Elections and appointments

Report: Annual Meeting Report 1
Date: 30 June 2005
By: the Chief Executive & Clerk

Summary

This report asks members to elect the Chair and Deputy Chairs of the Authority.

Members are undertaking a review of the current committee structure and it is therefore proposed that the Authority re-appoints to the existing structure and that the current committee chairs and deputy chairs and the memberships of all committees continue in office until such time as that review is completed. (If agreed, this would not preclude members from nominating themselves to committees, if they so wished).

Members are asked to fill a current vacancy on the Standards Committee and to appoint Dee Doocey to the Planning, Performance and Review Committee.

The report also seeks nominations to appoint to outside bodies, to consider borough link membership and details of the members record of attendance to its formal meetings.

A. Recommendation

That

1. nominations for the position of Chair of the Authority be sought;
2. nominations for the positions of Deputy Chairs of the Authroity be sought;
3. the current committee structure and membership, including the positions of chairs and deputy chairs, be retained until the conclusion of the current review of the way in which the Authority conducts its business;
4. the vacancy on the Standards Committee be filled and Dee Doocy be appointed to the Planning, Performance and Review Committee;
5. members appoint to the positions on outside bodies, as shown at Appendix 2;
6. the current MPA borough link member positions given at Appendix 3 be confirmed; and
7. the record of member attendance (Appendix 4) be noted.

B. Supporting information

Chair and Deputy Chair and Committee appointments

1. Each year at the annual meeting of the Authority, members are asked to make nominations to a number of positions and to appoint the membership of its committees etc., for the forthcoming year.

2. This year due to members reconsidering the way the Authority conducts its business, the Authority is invited to agree that at this stage it:

• Appoints the Chair and Deputy Chairs of the Authority
• Reappoints the current committee membership (including current Committee Chairs and Deputy Chairs) until such time as the review is completed

3. However, it is also suggested that if any member wishes to change or join a committee that an opportunity to do so be made. A copy of the current membership of committees is attached at Appendix 1.

Standards Committee vacancy

4. There is, however, a vacancy on the Standards Committee, following the resignation from the Committee of Jenny Jones, and the Authority is asked to fill this vacancy.

5. Also, following the appointment of Dee Doocey to the Authority, she has indicated that she would like to become a member of the Planning, Performance and Review Committee.

Appointments to outside bodies

6. A copy of the current list of MPA appointments to outside bodies is attached as Appendix 2. Members have been invited to express an interest in representing the MPA at these meetings. Members are asked to confirm these and seek nominations for any outstanding vacancies.

Borough Link Members

7. A copy of the current appointments of MPA borough link members is attached as Appendix 3. Members are asked to confirm these appointments.

Record of members’ attendance

8. As provided for in the Authority’s Standing Orders, attached at Appendix 4, is the record of members’ attendance for the period June 2004 to June 2005. It does not include:

• formal bodies which do not have a fixed membership, such as the Senior Officer Conduct Sub-Committee and the Pension Forfeiture Sub-Committee
• informal member-level groups
• MPA representatives on outside bodies

9. It needs to be borne in mind that this record does not represent a full picture of members’ contributions to the work of the MPA. It does not, for instance, cover lead member or link member activities or the significant contribution that some members have made to the Authority’s scrutiny investigations. In terms of the effectiveness of the MPA member role, as much can be and is achieved outside of the formal committee structure as by members meeting in committee.

C. Race and equality impact

None.

D. Financial implications

None

E. Background papers

None

F. Contact details

Report author: Nick Baker

For more information contact:

MPA general: 020 7202 0202
Media enquiries: 020 7202 0217/18

Appendix 1: Current membership of committees

Chair of the Authority:

Len Duvall

Deputy Chairs of Authority:

Cindy Butts

Reshard Auladin

Co-ordination and Policing Committee 

(Chair/Deputy Chairs of Authority, Chairs of Committee plus 4)

• Len Duvall (Chair) (as Chair of Authority)
• Cindy Butts (Deputy Chair) (as Dep Chair of Authority)
• Reshard Auladin (Deputy Chair) (as Dep Chair of Authority &as Chair of PSC)
• Jennette Arnold (as Chair of Corporate Governance)
• Kirsten Hearn (as Chair of EODB)
• Richard Sumray (as Chair of PPR)
• Graham Tope (as Chair of Finance)
• Abdal Ullah (as Chair of Community Engagement)
• Rachel Whittaker (as Chair of HR)
• Plus 4: Richard Barnes; Toby Harris; Elizabeth Howlett; Karim Murji

Community Engagement Committee

• Abdal Ullah (Chair)
• Aneeta Prem (Deputy Chair)
• Nicky Gavron
• Kirsten Hearn
• Peter Herbert
• Damian Hockney
• Jenny Jones
• John Roberts

Corporate Governance Committee

• Jennette Arnold (Chair)
• Rachel Whittaker (Deputy Chair)
• Toby Harris
• Elizabeth Howlett

Equal Opportunities and Diversity Board

• Kirsten Hearn (Chair)
• John Roberts (Deputy Chair)
• Cindy Butts
• Lynne Featherstone
• Damian Hockney
• Peter Herbert
• Aneeta Prem

Finance Committee

• Graham Tope (Chair)
• Richard Sumray (Deputy Chair)
• Reshard Auladin
• Richard Barnes
• Elizabeth Howlett
• Bob Neill
• Rachel Whittaker
• Murad Qureshi

Human Resources Committee

• Rachel Whittaker (Chair)
• Jennette Arnold (Deputy Chair)
• Tony Arbour
• Peter Herbert
• Kirsten Hearn
• Damian Hockney
• Aneeta Prem
• John Roberts

Police Pensions Forfeiture Sub-Committee

(*Membership is that of the Human Resources Committee, including Cindy Butts – agreed 22 July 2004)

• Rachel Whittaker (Chair)
• Jennette Arnold (Deputy Chair)
• Tony Arbour
• Cindy Butts
• Peter Herbert
• Damian Hockney
• Aneeta Prem
• John Roberts

*Sub-Committee will comprise at least three members of the HR Committee - Chief Executive has delegated authority to convene a meeting, subject to at least 3 members being available.

Remuneration Sub-Committee

• Rachel Whittaker (Chair)
• Jennette Arnold (Deputy Chair)
• Len Duvall
• Reshard Auladin
• Anthony Arbour

Business Interest Appeal Panel

Membership of Human Resources Committee

Planning, Performance and Review Committee

• Richard Sumray (Chair)
• Cindy Butts (Deputy Chair)
• Reshard Auladin
• Richard Barnes
• Lynne Featherstone
• Karim Murji
• Rachel Whittaker

Professional Standards and Complaints Committee

• Reshard Auladin (Chair)
• Karim Murji (Deputy Chair)
• Tony Arbour
• Damian Hockney
• Elizabeth Howlett
• Richard Sumray
• Jenny Jones

Senior Officers Conduct Sub-Committee

(as approved at the PSC Committee meeting on: October 2004)

(*Membership is that of the Professional Standards and Complaints Committee – excluding Jenny Jones)

• Reshard Auladin (Chair**)
• Elizabeth Howlett (Deputy Chair**)
• Tony Arbour
• Damian Hockney
• Richard Sumray

*Chief Executive has delegated authority to convene a meeting of the Sub-Committee initially from PSC Committee or failing that from the Authority as a whole.

**Chair/Deputy Chair positions appointed October 2004

Standards Committee

Chair/Deputy Chair to be determined by the Committee itself

2 independent members: Stephanie Caplan and Ian Whitburn: plus

• Murad Qureshi
• Bob Neill
• Aneeta Prem
• Vacancy

Appendix 2: Outside body appointments

(Appointed annual meeting 8 July 2004-Expressions of interest 2005/06)

(Number of places are indicated in brackets)

Association of Police Authorities (APA)

Association of London Government (ALG)

Local Government Association (LGA)

Others

Appendix 3: Link member appointments

Barking & Dagenham

Len Duvall

Barnet

Peter Herbert

Bexley

Bob Neill

Brent

Murad Qureshi

Bromley

Bob Neill

Camden

Richard Sumray

Croydon

Graham Tope

Ealing

Richard Barnes

Enfield

Reshard Auladin

Greenwich

Len Duvall

Hackney

Jennette Arnold

Hammersmith & Fulham

Cindy Butts

Haringey

Kirsten Hearn

Harrow

Karim Murji

Havering

Aneeta Prem

Hillingdon

Richard Barnes

Hounslow

Tony Arbour

Islington

Jennette Arnold

Kensington & Chelsea

Damian Hockney

Kingston upon Thames

Tony Arbour

Lambeth

John Roberts

Lewisham

Len Duvall

Merton

Elizabeth Howlett

Newham

Abdal Ullah

Redbridge

Aneeta Prem

Richmond upon Thames

Tony Arbour

Southwark

Jenny Jones

Sutton

Graham Tope

Tower Hamlets

Abdal Ullah

Waltham Forest

Jennette Arnold

Wandsworth

Elizabeth Howlett

Westminster

Rachel Whittaker

Appendix 4: MPA member attendance record 2004/05

Based on: Full Authority meetings; Human Resources Committee (HR); Planning, Community Engagement Performance and Review Committee (PPR); Professional Standards and Complaints Committee (PSC); Co-ordination and Policing Committee (CoP); Finance Committee; Equal Opportunities and Diversity Board (EODB); Standards Committee; and Remuneration Sub- Committee

June 2005

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