Democracy Committee			7 July 2016
Is the final decision on the recommendations in this report to be made at this meeting?				Yes

Report of the Head of Finance and Resources � Councillor Nominations to Outside Bodies

Final Decision-Maker	Democracy Committee
Lead Head of Service	Paul Riley, Head of Finance and Resources
Lead Officer and Report Author	Tessa Ware, Democratic Services Officer
Classification	Non-exempt
Wards affected	All

This report makes the following recommendations to this Committee:
1. That the Nominations for Outside Body membership in Appendix I of this report be approved. 2. That the automatic appointments to Outside Bodies, shown in paragraph 2.4 of this report be noted.

This report relates to the following corporate priorities:
� Keeping Maidstone Borough an attractive place for all - � Securing a successful economy for Maidstone Borough -

Timetable
*Meeting*		*Date*
Democracy Committee		7 July 2016

Report of the Head of Finance and Resources �

Councillor Nominations to Outside Bodies

1. PURPOSE OF REPORT AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1 This report provides details in paragraph 2.3 of the nominees put forward to fill the available vacancies to the outside bodies for the Committee�s approval.� This table also shows the Outside Bodies where no nominations have been put forward .

1.2 The report also provides details of automatic appointments to outside bodies for the Committee�s information.

2. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

2.1 Maidstone Borough Council supports several outside bodies whose work should relate to the Council�s priorities.

2.2 The Maidstone Borough Council Constitution states the Democracy Committee has responsibility to appoint Council nominees to outside bodies as appropriate.

2.3 The table below provides details of the vacancies available.� Some are currently unfilled vacancies and some are vacancies due to end shortly. The figure in brackets represents the number of positions available for each outside body � this includes filled positions. The Committee is asked to approve the nominations listed.� Completed nomination forms are attached to this report as Appendix I.

Outside Body	Number of vacancies	Role	Nominee/s
AgeUK (formerly Age Concern)	1 (1)	Committee member	None received
Cutbush and Corrall	1 (2)	Committee member	Cllr English
Maidstone Area Arts Partnership	1 (3)	Committee member	None received
One Maidstone CIC	1 (4)	Director of the CIC	None received
Maidstone Beauvais Twinning Association	3 (4)	Committee member	None received
Mid Kent Downs Steering Group	2 (2)	Committee member	Cllr Garten
Relate West and Mid Kent	1 (1)	Committee member	None received
South East Employers	1 (1+1)	Deputy representative	None received
Quality Bus Partnership	1 (1)	Member	�Cllr Willis

2.4 The table below shows the automatic outside body appointments from May 2016 for the Committee�s information.� The Committee are asked to note these:

Outside Body	Appointee	Reason for automatic appointment
Action with Communities in Rural Kent	Councillor Prendergast	Ward Member
Bentliff Wing	Councillor Butler	Mayor
Citizen Advice Bureau	Councillor Butler	Mayor
Headcorn Aerodrome Consultative Committee	Councillor Prendergast - substitute	Ward Member
Howard de Walden Centre	Councillor Cox Councillor Wilby	Ward Members
Kent County Council (KCC) Overview and Scrutiny Committee	Councillor Ring	Chair of Communities, Housing and Environment Committee
Kent and Medway Crime Panel	Councillor Wilson	Leader of the Council
Kent Partnership	Councillor Wilson	Leader of the Council
Local Government Association General Assembly	Councillor Wilson Councillor Blackmore	Leader of the Council Leader of the Opposition
Maidstone Area Arts Partnership	Councillor Butler	Mayor
West Kent Health and Wellbeing Board	Councillor Wilson	Leader of the Council

3. NEXT STEPS: COMMUNICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECISION

3.1 Once the Committee has made their decision each nominee and outside Body will be notified of the appointment.

4. CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS

Issue	Implications	Sign-off
Impact on Corporate Priorities		[Head of Service or Manager]
Risk Management		[Head of Service or Manager]
Financial	There are no direct financial implications arising from this report	Head of Finance & Resources
Staffing		[Head of Service]
Legal		[Legal Team]
Equality Impact Needs Assessment	No detrimental impact on the protected characteristics of individuals identified.	Orla Sweeney, Insight and Information Officer
Environmental/Sustainable Development		[Head of Service or Manager]
Community Safety		[Head of Service or Manager]
Human Rights Act		[Head of Service or Manager]
Procurement		[Head of Service & Section 151 Officer]
Asset Management		[Head of Service & Manager]

5. REPORT APPENDICES

The following documents are to be published with this report and form part of the report:

� Appendix I: Completed Outside Body nomination forms