Agenda item

To appoint representatives to serve on outside bodies for the period to the Annual Council Meeting in 2020 (except where specific periods are stated, where appointment to those bodies has been delegated by the Council or is exercisable only by the Executive.)

Councillors considered the report that had been circulated, which was a known list of those outside bodies that Councillors had served on from both Councils in the previous quadrennium.

During the discussion of this item, Members made comments and statements and asked questions which included:-

·         Councillor Gwil Wren queried the mechanism for getting members of the Independent Group onto various bodies

·         Councillor Smith-Roberts was happy to work with Group Leaders on this issue and get those with the best skill-set assigned and fill those vacancies. She was keen for those on Outside Bodies to report back to this Council on their activities which had not taken place previously.

RESOLVEDthat the Members appointed to serve on Outside Bodies for the municipal year 2019-2020 be as follows, with the caveat that a final complete confirmatory report was to come back to the next Ordinary Meeting of Full Council:

·         Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Panel – Cllr C Booth

·         Blackdown Hills AONB Partnership Management Group – Cllr R Henley

·         Blackdown Hills Joint Partnership Advisory Committee – Cllr R Henley

·         Brewhouse Theatre Board Meetings – Cllr N Cavill

·         District Councils Network Assembly Representative – Cllr F Smith-Roberts

·         ENGAGE – West Somerset Voluntary Sector Development Agency – Cllr B Allen

·         Exmoor National Park Authority – TBC

·         Friends of Konigslutter – Cllr D Durdan

·         Friends of Vivary Park – Cllr R Lees

·         Harbour Board – Cllr A Wedderkopp, Cllr P Pilkington, Cllr L Whetlor & Cllr A Hadley

·         Hestercombe Gardens Trust – Cllr Marcia Hill

·         Hinkley Point Site Stakeholder Group – Cllr M Rigby, Cllr P Pilkington, Cllr C Morgan, Cllr L Whetlor

·         Heart of the South West LEP Joint Committee – Cllr F Smith-Roberts

·         Local Government Association General Assembly – Cllr R Henley & Cllr J Hassall

·         Management Committee of Broadlands – VACANCY

·         MATA Regal Theatre Co. Ltd – Cllr B Allen

·         Minehead BID Board – To Be Confirmed

·         Minehead Coastal Communities Team – Cllr H Farbahi (PFH), Cllr M Rigby, Cllr P Pilkington, Cllr C Palmer, 1 VACANCY

·         Minehead EYE Management Committee – Cllr B Allen

·         Monitoring and Evaluation Group – West Somerset Sports and Leisure – Cllr R Lees

·         Parrett Catchment Project Management Committee – Cllr P Stone

·         Parrett Internal Drainage Board – Cllr D Durdan & Cllr P Stone

·         Quantock Hills Joint Advisory Committee – Cllr A Trollope-Bellew & Cllr G Wren & Cllr D Darch & Cllr H Davies

·         Rural Services Network – Cllr M Blaker

·         Safer Somerset Partnership – Cllr C Booth

·        Somerset Armed Forces Community Covenant Champion and Partnership – Cllr A Milne

·       Somerset Biodiversity Steering Group – Cllr G Wren

·       Somerset Building Control Partnership – Cllr H Farbahi & Cllr A Wedderkopp

·       Somerset Building Preservation Trust – Cllr Marcia Hill & Cllr S Coles

·       Somerset Growth Board – Cllr H Farbahi

·       Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board – Cllr C Booth

·       Joint Scrutiny Panel of Somerset Waste Board – Cllr J Hassall & Cllr A Trollope-Bellew

·       Somerset Levels and Moors Local Action For Rural Communities (LARC) Executive Board - VACANCY

·       Somerset Local Access Forum – No rep required until 2023

·       Somerset Pensions Committee – Cllr R Henley

·       Somerset Passenger Transport Forum – Cllr J Hassall

·       Somerset Playing Fields Association – Cllr R Lees

·       Somerset Primary Care Trust – Cllr C Ellis

·       Somerset Rivers Authority  - Cllr F Smith-Roberts

·       Somerset Rivers Authority Scrutiny Panel – Cllr S Coles (Cllr L Lisgo alternate)

·       Somerset Strategic Housing Partnership – Cllr F Smith

·       Somerset Waste Board – Cllr A Wedderkopp & Cllr D Mansell

·       Somerset Water Management Board – Cllr D Durdan

·       Somerset Waterways Advisory Committee – Cllr A Wedderkopp & Cllr D Durdan

·       Somerset West Private Sector Housing Partnership – Cllr F Smith

·       South West Audit Partnership (SWAP) Members Meeting & Board – Cllr S Lees & Cllr R Henley

·       South West Councils Employers Panel – Cllr R Henley

·       South West Councils Membership Representative – Cllr F Smith-Roberts

·       Tacchi-Morris Management Committee – Cllr R Tully & Cllr N Cavill

·       Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust – Foundation Trust Council of Governors - VACANCY

·       Taunton Aid in Sickness Fund – Cllr R Lees

·       Taunton Deane Bowling Club – Cllr F Smith

·       Taunton Deane District Citizens Advice Bureau – Cllr S Lees

·       Taunton Deane Domestic Abuse Forum – Cllr C Booth

·       Taunton Garden Town Cultural Forum – Cllr B Allen & Cllr N Cavill

·       Taunton Heritage Trust – Cllr A Pritchard & Cllr L Lisgo (Cllr R Habgood - Heritage Champion)

·       Taunton Strategic Advisory Board – Cllr F Smith-Roberts

·       The Albemarle Centre – Cllr C Ellis & Cllr Marcia Hill

·       The Making It Local – Blackdown Hills and East Devon Local Action Group – Cllr R Henley

·       Visit Exmoor Executive Board – Cllr P Pilkington & Cllr H Farbahi

·       Watchet Coastal Communities Team – Cllr P Pilkington & Cllr L Whetlor

·       Watchet Harbour Advisory Committee – Cllr L Whetlor

·       West Somerset Advice Bureau – Cllr I Aldridge Dep: Cllr P Pilkington

·       West Somerset Flood Group – Cllr Pilkington to Chair

·       West Somerset Railway Partnership Development Group – Cllr B Allen & Cllr J Hassall.