YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO: (a) THE AUTHORITY S COMMITTEES

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1 YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY ITEM 9(a) Date: 28 June 2016 Report APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO: (a) THE AUTHORITY S COMMITTEES Purpose of report 1. To provide information to enable the Authority to determine the memberships of the Authority s Committees, with effect from 1 August RECOMMENDATION 2. That: (a) the report be noted; (b) taking account of the nominations from the Groups, consideration be given to the appointment of members (and Substitute members for the Planning Committee) to serve on the Authority s Committees; and (c) in accordance with the Authority decision in March 2012, a member be appointed directly by the full Authority to serve on the Standards Committee; and (d) consider whether a member be appointed directly by the full Authority as a substitute to serve on the Standards Committee, to attend in place of a member unable to hear a member conduct case owing to a conflict of interest/bias, and if so, to make this appointment. Background 2. Members should be aware that this item is subject to agreement of Item 8 on the Authority today. 3. Current legislation recognises three groups of Authority members: Local Authority (LA) members Parish Members appointed by the Secretary of State (SoS) Other members appointed by the SoS 4. For the purposes of Committee representation, the Authority has adopted a local arrangement, recognising four groups, (but with the Local Authority members being split between County and District members).

2 5. This year, members attended a Policy Development Forum (PDF) in June 2016, to discuss the format of the Authority s committees, to take effect from 1 August 2016, when the membership will increase to 25. Following the PDF, Members were asked which committee(s) they were interested in serving on in 2016/17, and these preferences are reflected in the attached annexes. All committee nominations will become effective from 1 August For Members assistance - Annex A to this report sets out the total number of seats on the Authority s Committees and their allocation across the Groups, with effect from 1 August 2016; Annex B sets out the current membership of the Authority s Committees; Annexes C, D, E & F set out the responses received from the Groups to date indicating Committee nominations. 7. A further issue for members to consider is that, at its meeting in March 2012, the Authority agreed that the Standards Committee should consist of five Authority members one nominated from each Group and the fifth appointed directly by the full Authority. 8. Additionally, at the PDF in June 2016, it was suggested that a substitute member should also be appointed to the Standards Committee each year at the AGM. This member to be called upon to hear any member conduct case in place of any one of the 5 existing members, should a conflict of interest/bias arise. 9. Members are reminded that, as per the Authority s standing orders, any member elected to serve on the Planning Committee, or as a substitute, should meet the Authority s requirements regarding attending planning training. Julie Payne Committees Officer Background documents: 27 June 2016 None

3 ANNEX A COMMITTEE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP [25] ALLOCATION OF SEATS Local authority County [7] District [8] Secretary of State Ordinary [6] Parish [4] Audit and Review Finance and Resources Standards 5 * Notes: (a) When the Audit and Review and the Finance and Resources Committees were established, it was decided that their memberships should be mutually exclusive. (b) The Chairman of the Authority shall be a member of the Finance and Resources Committee; the Deputy Chairman shall normally be a member of the Audit and Review Committee. (c) The Member Champion for Corporate Management cannot be a member of the Audit and Review Committee. (d) * At the Authority meeting in March 2012, it was agreed that the Standards Committee should consist of five Authority members one nominated from each Group and the fifth appointed directly by the full Authority. Furthermore, at the Policy Development Forum in June 2016, it was suggested that a substitute member should also be appointed, each year at the Authority s AGM.

4 ANNEX B Committee memberships as at 14 June 2016 Member Appointing Planning Audit & Finance & Standards body Review Resources M ship/quorum 15/7 11/6 11/6 5/3 Blackie John NYCC Brown Harold SoS(P) Charlesworth Peter SoS Colley Andrew SoS(P) Cotton Nick CCC S1 Donovan Judith SoS Gray Brenda SLDC S1 Harrison-Topham Roger NYCC Heseltine Neil SoS(P) S1 Heseltine Robert CDC Ireton David CDC Lis Carl CDC Macaré Steve SoS S1 Manners-Armstrong SoS Jocelyn Marshall Shelagh NYCC Martin Julie SoS McPherson Ian SoS(P) Munday Jim SoS S1 Parsons Stuart NYCC Peacock Yvonne RDC S2 Thornton-Berry Caroline RDC Welch Richard NYCC CDC = Craven District Council RDC = Richmondshire District Council SLDC = South Lakeland District Council CCC = Cumbria County Council SoS = Secretary of State NYCC = North Yorkshire County Council SoS(P) = Secretary of State (Parish)

5 YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY ANNEX C MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES ALLOCATION OF SEATS BETWEEN GROUPS & MEMBER NOMINATION FORM County Council Group Committee Membership Allocation of Seats County District SoS Parish Audit and Review Finance and Resources Membership 1 Roger Harrison- Topham 2 Shelagh Marshall 3 Richard Welch 1 John Blackie 2 Nick Cotton 3 Stuart Parsons 4 Marcus Johnstone Substitutes 1 John Blackie 1 Nick Cotton 2 Roger Harrison-Topham 2 Marcus Johnstone 3 Stuart Parsons 4 Richard Welch Standards Roger Harrison-Topham

6 YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY ANNEX D MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES ALLOCATION OF SEATS BETWEEN GROUPS & MEMBER NOMINATION FORM District Council Group Committee Membership Allocation of Seats County District SoS Parish Membership Substitutes Audit and Review Robert Hesletine 2 David Ireton 3 Yvonne Peacock 4 Margaret Pattison Finance and Resources Brenda Gray 2 Carl Lis 3 Caroline Thornton-Berry 4 Valerie Kendall 1 Brenda Gray 1 David Ireton 2 Robert Heseltine 2 Yvonne Peacock 3 Carl Lis 4 Caroline Thornton-Berry 5 Valerie Kendall 6 Margaret Pattison Standards David Ireton

7 YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY ANNEX E MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES ALLOCATION OF SEATS BETWEEN GROUPS & MEMBER NOMINATION FORM Secretary of State Group Committee Membership Allocation of Seats County District SoS Parish Membership Substitutes Audit and Review Judith Donovan 2 Jim Munday 3 Neil Swain Finance and Resources Steve Macaré 2 Jocelyn Manners-Armstrong 3 Julie Martin 1 Jocelyn Manners-Armstrong 1 Steve Macaré 2 Julie Martin 2 NONE 3 Jim Munday 4 Neil Swain Standards Judith Donovan

8 ANNEX F YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES ALLOCATION OF SEATS BETWEEN GROUPS & MEMBER NOMINATION FORM Secretary of State Parish Group Committee Membership Allocation of Seats County District SoS Parish Audit and Review Membership 1 Harold Brown 2 Neil Heseltine Substitutes Finance and Resources Ian McPherson 2 Chris Clark 1 Harold Brown 1 Neil Heseltine 2 Ian McPherson 3 Chris Clark Standards Neil Heseltine