Agenda item

Following the recent announcement by the Secretary of State appointing Mr K Smith as a Member of the Authority, Members were asked to appoint Mr Smith to one of the Authority’s Standing Committees. Because of his professional background and personal interests he had expressed an interest in being appointed to Planning Committee. However, as there were no vacancies on Planning Committee, it was proposed that the size of the Committee should be increased to 16 Members to accommodate his preference. A proposal to increase the size of Planning Committee and appoint Mr K Smith to the arising vacancy was moved, seconded, put to the vote and carried. It was noted that the Committee would return to 15 Members at the 2019 Annual Meeting.

It was noted that, as it was unlikely that appointments would be made to the remaining two Secretary of State Vacancies before July 2019, there would be two vacancies on the Audit, Resources and Performance Committee. To help improve the balance between Local Authority and Secretary of State Members a proposal to appoint Cllr Mrs L Roberts to the Committee was moved, seconded, put to the vote and carried. It was noted that this would leave one Secretary of State vacancy on the Committee.

The Authority had previously approved the establishment of a Charity to be called the Peak District National Park Trust. As the Trust would be made up of at least seven Trustees the Authority was in the process of seeking expressions of interest from members of the public to become one of the four independent Trustees. In anticipation of registration with the Charity Commission the Authority were asked to appoint three Members to become Trustees of this new outside body and nominate a reserve so that if needed a replacement Trustee could be appointed under delegation should a vacancy occur between Authority meetings or the number of independent Trustees increased.

RESOLVED:

1.         To increase the size of Planning Committee to 16 until the Annual Meeting in July 2019 and appoint Mr K Smith to the vacant Secretary of State place arising from the increase.

2.         To appoint Cllr Mrs L Roberts to one of the vacant Secretary of State positions on the Audit, Resources and Performance Committee until the Annual Meeting in July 2019.

3.         To appoint Mr Z Hamid, Cllr C McLaren and Cllr Mrs L Roberts as trustees on the Peak District National Park Trust and nominate Cllr A McCloy as a reserve Trustee should it be required.