Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Resources, Commissioning & Governance.

The Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Resources, Commissioning & Governance (Councillor Tom McGee) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing a proposal to change the governance arrangements for transport in Greater Manchester in light of the Devolution Agreement and the GMCA Transport Order 3. The report included a possible revised terms of reference for a reconstituted GM Transport Committee, options for its structure, responsibilities and examples of how it might work in practice.

RESOLVED – That approval be given to the proposals for a reconfigured Greater Manchester Transport Committee, in so far as they related to the discharge of non-executive functions:-

·         the establishment of the new GM Transport Committee as a joint committee of the 10 Greater Manchester local authorities, GMCA and Mayor;

·         the Terms of Reference and Operating Agreement for the Committee as set out in Schedule 1 of the report;

·         the delegation of the functions as set out in the Terms of Reference to the Transport Committee;

·         the appointment of Councillor David Meller (as cabinet portfolio holder) to the Transport Committee for 2019 – 2020.

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Resources, Commissioning & Governance.

This report outlines the current GM transport governance arrangements on the context of the Devolution Agreement and specifically the GMCA Transport Order 3, it then presents some broad revised terms of reference for a reconstituted GM Transport Committee, options for its structure, responsibilities and examples of how it might work in practice.

The Cabinet is recommended to agree to the following, in so far as they relate to the discharge of executive functions, and recommend to the Council Meeting that it approve the same is so far as they relate to non-executive functions:-

·         the establishment of the new GM Transport Committee as a joint committee of the 10 districts, GMCA and Mayor;

·         the Terms of Reference and Operating Agreement for the Committee as set out in Schedule 1 of the report;

·         the delegation of the functions as set out in the Terms of Reference to the Transport Committee;

·         the appointment of Councillor David Meller (as cabinet portfolio holder) to the Transport Committee for 2019 – 2020.

Officer contact: Vicki Bates, 0161 474 3219, vicki.bates@stockport.gov.uk

The Cabinet Member for Resources, Commissioning & Governance submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Cabinet to consider a proposal to change the governance arrangements for transport in Greater Manchester in light of the Devolution Agreement and the GMCA Transport Order 3. The report included a possible revised terms of reference for a reconstituted GM Transport Committee, options for its structure, responsibilities and examples of how it might work in practice.

The Cabinet Member and the Leader of the Council both highlighted that the Chair of the Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee had provided feedback in relation to the proposals after consultation with Scrutiny Committee members. The Chair had expressed concerns that the proposals did not give sufficient autonomy to the opposition groups across Greater Manchester to make nominations to the new Committee. Nevertheless, the Chair had acknowledged the limitations of possible solutions and indicated that the proposals were the nevertheless in the spirit of the discussions undertaken with the Greater Manchester Mayor.

RESOLVED – That in relation to the proposals for a reconfigured Greater Manchester Transport Committee, the following be agreed in so far as they related to the discharge of executive functions, and the Council Meeting be recommended to approve the same is so far as they related to non-executive functions:-

·         the establishment of the new GM Transport Committee as a joint committee of the 10 Greater Manchester local authorities, GMCA and Mayor;

·         the Terms of Reference and Operating Agreement for the Committee as set out in Schedule 1 of the report;

·         the delegation of the functions as set out in the Terms of Reference to the Transport Committee;

·         the appointment of Councillor David Meller (as cabinet portfolio holder) to the Transport Committee for 2019 – 2020.