The Cabinet considered proposals to change the membership and Operating Agreement of the Transport for Greater Manchester Committee, including additional information requested from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority at the request of the Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee, and agreed that in so far as the proposals affected the discharge of functions within the remit of the Cabinet:-
• the size of TfGMC being 23 members to be appointed as follows-
o each Local Authority to appoint 1 member (Transport and Highways Portfolio Lead) , save for Manchester City Council to appoint 2 members (including Transport and Highways Portfolio Lead)
o to nominate a further member, to be appointed by GMCA to ensure political balance
• that the remaining 2 appointments will be 1 member to be appointed by GMCA and 1 member appointed by the Mayor
• to amend the Operating Agreement to reflect these changes
• that the Terms of Reference be reviewed to ensure that they reflect the Mayor’s current transport powers with a further review in 2019/20 to reflect proposed powers.
The Cabinet agreed these changes to the Joint Committee subject to the nomination and appointment of opposition members being undertaken as per the process used for GMCA scrutiny committees, and the assurance that the existing approach to sub-committees of the TfGMC would be maintained.