Agenda and minutes

Companies Governance Executive Committee
Tuesday, 21st January, 2020 2.30 pm

Venue: Ground Floor Committee Room - Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG. View directions

Contact: Mark Leavesley  0115 876 4302

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Vice-Chair

Minutes:

Resolved to appoint Councillor Longford as Vice-Chair for the remainder of the 2019-20 municipal year.

2.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Councillor Webster  -  leave

3.

Declarations of Interests

Minutes:

In the interest of transparency, the following declarations were made in relation to item 4, ‘Companies Governance’ (minute 4):

 

 

 

Company associated with:

Councillor Barnard

-

Robin Hood Energy

Councillor Longford

-

Enviroenergy

Councillor Mellen

-

Blueprint

Councillor Williams

-

Blueprint, Thomas Bow

Councillor Woodings

-

Nottingham City Homes

Malcolm Townroe

-

Enviroenergy

 

4.

Companies Governance pdf icon PDF 306 KB

Report of Corporate Director of Strategy and Resources

Additional documents:

Minutes:

This item does not contain any decisions eligible for call-in.

 

The Committee considered the report of the Corporate Director of Strategy and Resources, detailing the new arrangements in relation to governance of companies that Nottingham City Council wholly own or have a controlling interest.

 

During discussion the following comments were made:

 

a)  any commissioned work involving companies should be reported to this Committee in a timely manner, as should a business case for any proposed new company involvement by the Council;

 

b)  companies need to work closer together to help prevent issues arising, possibly including an annual companies conference;

 

c)  any training for Councillor Directors should also be available to relevant officers.

 

Resolved to note the report and the terms of reference for this Sub-Committee.

 

Reason for decision:

 

To formalise future arrangements for the governance of companies either wholly owned by the Council or where the Council has a controlling interest.

 

Other options considered:

 

None.

5.

Future meetings

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee agreed to meet normally on a bi-monthly basis at 2.15pm or the rising of Executive Board (whichever is the later), subject to any additional meetings at the request of the Chair.

 

Therefore, it was noted that the next scheduled meeting will be on Tuesday 17 March 2020.