Decision details

Representation on additional list of Executive Appointed Outside Bodies

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The Council appoints representatives to outside bodies in order to express the views of the Council to those bodies on the work they undertake, and to feed back to the Council issues emerging from those bodies that relate to Council activities. An additional list of executive appointed outside bodies was agreed by Council on 11 July 2013.

Decision:

Cabinet agreed list of nominations to the Executive-related outside bodies as shown at below:

 

Name of Outside Body

No. of

Reps

Nomination

Domestic Violence Forum

1

 

Councillor Johnston

 

Local Government Association (LGA) Coastal Special Interest Group

1

Councillor Poole

Thanet Quality Bus Partnership

1

Councillor D. Green

 

 

 

 

Reasons for the decision:

Council agreed that there should be TDC representation on Executive Appointed Outside Bodies as listed in Annex 1 to the officer report. Their main objective is to represents the interests of the Council.

Alternative options considered:

Not appointing TDC representatives to the listed Outside Bodies. This would not have been an appropriate decision because Full Council agreed that the Council’s interests would better be served by engaging in activities with Outside Bodies in order to enhance the public interests of Thanet District.

Publication date: 02/08/2013

Date of decision: 01/08/2013

Decided at meeting: 01/08/2013 - Cabinet

Effective from: 10/08/2013

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