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London Councils Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the London Councils Leaders’ Committee held on 11 June 2013 Mayor Jules Pipe chaired the meeting from item 3 Present: BARKING AND DAGENHAM Cllr John White BARNET Cllr Richard Cornelius BEXLEY Cllr Teresa O’Neill BRENT Cllr Aslam Choudry BROMLEY Cllr Stephen Carr CAMDEN Cllr Sarah Hayward CROYDON Cllr Mike Fisher EALING Cllr Julian Bell ENFIELD Cllr Doug Taylor GREENWICH Cllr Chris Roberts HACKNEY Mayor Jules Pipe HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM Cllr Greg Smith HARINGEY Cllr Claire Kober HARROW Cllr Asad Omar HAVERING Cllr Steven Kelly HILLINGDON Cllr Philip Corthorne HOUNSLOW Cllr Jagdish Sharma ISLINGTON Cllr Catherine West KENSINGTON & CHELSEA Cllr Nicholas Paget-Brown KINGSTON - LAMBETH Cllr Lib Peck LEWISHAM Mayor Sir Steve Bullock MERTON Cllr Stephen Alambritis NEWHAM Cllr Richard Crawford REDBRIDGE Cllr Keith Prince RICHMOND UPON THAMES Cllr Lord True SOUTHWARK Cllr Peter John SUTTON Cllr Ruth Dombey TOWER HAMLETS Mayor Lutfur Rahman WALTHAM FOREST Cllr Clyde Loakes WANDSWORTH Cllr Ravi Govindia WESTMINSTER Cllr Phillipa Roe CITY OF LONDON Mr Edward Lord JP OBE CC* LFEPA - *Also Capital Ambition Apologies: CO-PRESIDENT Rt Hon Lord Graham of Edmonton CO-PRESIDENT Rt Hon Baroness Sally Hamwee CO-PRESIDENT Rt Hon Lord Jenkin of Roding BARKING AND DAGENHAM Cllr Liam Smith BRENT Cllr Muhammed Butt HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM Cllr Nicholas Botterill HARROW Cllr Thaya Idaikkadar HAVERING Cllr Michael White HILLINGDON Cllr Ray Puddifoot KINGSTON Cllr Derek Osbourne NEWHAM Mayor Sir Robin Wales WALTHAM FOREST Cllr Chris Robbins CITY OF LONDON Mr Mark Boleat Ex officio (under the provisions of Standing Order 2.4 WALTHAM FOREST Cllr Marie Pye (Equalities) Officers of London Councils were in attendance. The Chief Executive opened the meeting by reporting the apologies for absence from the London Councils Co-Presidents - Rt Hon Lord Graham of Edmonton, Rt Hon Baroness Sally Hamwee and the Rt Hon Lord Jenkin of Roding. The Chief Executive placed on record his thanks for all the work of the co-presidents on behalf of London local Government and London Councils. The Chief Executive also welcomed Cllr Nicholas Paget-Brown to the Leaders’ Committee following his election as leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. 1. Declarations of interest There were no declarations of interest. 2. Apologies for absence and notification of deputies Apologies are listed above. 3. Election of Chair The Chief Executive called for nominations for the position of Chair of London Councils and Mayor Jules Pipe was nominated by Cllr Teresa O’Neill and seconded by Cllr Ruth Dombey. In the absence of any other nominations he was elected Chair and took over chairing the meeting. Mayor Jules Pipe asked for his thanks to be added to the Chief Executive’s to the Co-Presidents for their efforts on behalf of London Councils during the course of the year. 4. Election of Deputy Chair and up to three Vice-Chairs The Chair then invited nominations for the Deputy Chair and up to three Vice-chairs and the following were nominated and were returned unopposed: Deputy Chair Cllr Claire Kober (Haringey, Lab) nominated by Cllr Clyde Loakes (Waltham Forest, Labour), seconded by Mayor Jules Pipe Vice-Chair Cllr Teresa O’Neill (Bexley, Con) nominated by Cllr Keith Prince (Redbridge, Conservative), seconded by Mayor Jules Pipe Vice-Chair Cllr Derek Osbourne (Kingston, Lib Dem) nominated by Cllr Ruth Dombey (Liberal Democrat, Sutton), seconded by Mayor Jules Pipe Vice-Chair Mr Mark Boleat (City of London, Ind) nominated by Cllr Ruth Dombey (Liberal Democrat, Sutton), seconded by Mayor Jules Pipe 5. Minutes of the meeting of the AGM Leaders’ Committee on 12 June 2012 Leaders’ Committee agreed to note the minutes of the meeting of the AGM of Leaders’ Committee on 12 June 2012 already agreed by Leaders’ Committee on 10 July 2012. 6. Appointment of London Councils Co-Presidents for 2013/14 Leaders’ Committee agreed to reappoint Rt. Hon. Lord Graham of Edmonton, Rt Hon Baroness Hamwee and Rt Hon Lord Jenkin of Roding as London Councils’ Co-Presidents. The Chair proposed to take items 7-13 en bloc; items 7-9 were the noting of the members of Leaders’ Committee, the Transport and Environment Committee (TEC) and the Grants Committee and the ratification of the members of the Greater London Employment Forum on the nomination of boroughs and items 10 – 13 were proposed and seconded by the party group whips, Cllr Clyde Loakes (Labour, Waltham Forest), Cllr Keith Prince (Conservative, Redbridge) and Cllr Ruth Dombey (Liberal Democrat, Sutton) for the appointment of London Councils Executive (including Portfolios), the appointment of party group lead members, the appointment of the Audit Committee and election of its Chair and Deputy Chair and the appointment of the Capital Ambition Board and the election of its Chair and Deputy Chair. All were agreed by Leaders’ Committee. 7. Leaders’ Committee Borough Rep Party Deputy 1 Party Barking & Dagenham Liam Smith Lab Rocky Gill Lab Barnet Richard Cornelius Con Daniel Thomas Con Bexley Teresa O'Neill Con Colin Campbell Con Brent Muhammed Butt Lab Ruth Moher Lab Bromley Stephen Carr Con Colin Smith Con Camden Sarah Hayward Lab Pat Callaghan Lab Croydon Mike Fisher Con Dudley Mead Con Ealing Julian Bell Lab Ranjit Dheer Lab Enfield Doug Taylor Lab Achilleas Georgiou Lab Greenwich Chris Roberts Lab Hackney Mayor Jules Pipe Lab Sophie Linden Lab Hammersmith & Fulham Nicholas Botterill Con Greg Smith Con Haringey Claire Kober Lab Bernice Vanier Lab Harrow Thaya Idaikkadar Ind Lab Asad Omar Ind Lab Havering Michael White Con Steven Kelly Con Hillingdon Ray Puddifoot Con David Simmonds Con Hounslow Jagdish Sharma Lab Colin Ellar Lab Islington Catherine West Lab Janet Burgess Lab Kensington & Chelsea Nicholas Paget-Brown Con Rock Feilding-Mellen Con Kingston upon Thames Derek Osbourne LD Liz Green LD Lambeth Lib Peck Lab Jackie Meldrum Lab Lewisham Mayor Sir Steve Bullock Lab Alan Smith Lab Merton Stephen Alambritis Lab Mark Betteridge Lab Newham Mayor Sir Robin Wales Lab Richard Crawford Lab Redbridge Keith Prince Con Ian Bond LD Richmond upon Thames Nicholas True Con Tony Arbour Con Southwark Peter John Lab Ian Wingfield Lab Sutton Ruth Dombey LD Colin Hall LD Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman Ind Ohid Ahmed Ind Waltham Forest Chris Robbins Lab Clyde Loakes Lab Wandsworth Ravi Govindia Con Jonathan Cook Con Westminster Phillipa Roe Con Robert Davis Con City of London Mark Boleat Ind Catherine McGuiness Ind LFEPA Mike Fisher Con 8. Note of borough nominations to the Transport and Environment Committee (TEC) and Grants Committee Transport and Environment Committee (TEC) Borough Rep Party Deputy 1 Party Barking & Dagenham Michael McCarthy Lab Graham Letchford Lab Barnet Dean Cohen Con Andrew Harper Con Bexley Gareth Bacon Con Cheryl Bacon Con Brent Jim Moher Lab George Crane Lab Bromley Colin Smith Con William Huntingdon-Thresher Con Camden Phil Jones Lab Valerie Leach Lab Croydon Mike Fisher Con Chris Wright Con Ealing Bassam Mahfouz Lab Enfield Christopher Bond Lab Alan Sitkin Lab Greenwich Harpinder Singh Lab Denise Hyland Lab Hackney Feryal Demirci Lab Sophie Linden Lab Hammersmith & Fulham Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler Con Greg Smith Con Haringey Nilgun Canver Lab Joe Goldberg Lab Harrow Asad Omar Ind Lab Havering Barry Tebbutt Con Steven Kelly Con Hillingdon Keith Burrows Con Jonathan Bianco Con Hounslow Colin Ellar Lab Islington Catherine West Lab Rakhia Ismail Lab Kensington & Chelsea Tim Coleridge Con Frances Taylor Con Kingston upon Thames Simon James LD Derek Osbourne LD Lambeth Imogen Walker Lab Lab Lewisham Alan Smith Lab Susan Wise Lab Merton Andrew Judge Lab Nick Draper Lab Newham Ian Corbett Lab Unmesh Desai Lab Redbridge Shoaib Patel LD Keith Prince Con Richmond upon Thames Chris Harrison Con Virgina Morris Con Southwark Barrie Hargrove Lab Fiona Colley Lab Sutton Colin Hall LD Jill Whitehead LD Tower Hamlets Shahed Ali Ind Waltham Forest Clyde Loakes Lab Gerry Lyons Lab Wandsworth Russell King Con Jonathan Cook Con Westminster Edward Argar Con Edward Baxter Con City of London Michael Welbank John Tomlinson TfL Michèle Dix Alex Williams Grants Committee Borough Rep Party Deputy 1 Party Barking & Dagenham Jeannette Alexander Lab Cameron Geddes Lab Barnet Robert Rams Con Brian Coleman Con Bexley Colin Campbell Con Katie Perrior Con Brent Muhammed Butt Lab Krupesh Hirani Lab Bromley Stephen Carr Con Roberts Evans Con Camden Tulip Siddiq Lab Phil Jones Lab Croydon Sara Bashford Con Simon Hoar Con Ealing Ranjit Dheer Lab Julian Bell Lab Enfield Christine Hamilton Lab Andrew Stafford Lab Greenwich Sajid Jawaid Lab Hackney Jonathan McShane Lab Feryal Demirci Lab Hammersmith & Fulham Marcus Ginn Con Mark Loveday Con Haringey Bernice Vanier Lab Harrow Nizam Ismail Ind Lab Havering Roger Ramsey Con Steven Kelly Con Hillingdon Douglas Mills Con J Bianco Con Hounslow Pritam Grewal Lab Islington Barbara Sidnell Lab Richard Watts Lab Kensington & Chelsea Gerard Hargreaves Con Elizabeth Campbell Con Kingston upon Thames Liz Green LD Rolson Davies LD Lambeth Paul McGlone Lab Lewisham Joan Millbank Lab Chris Best Lab Merton Edith Macauley Lab Maxi Martin Lab Newham Lester Hudson Lab Unmesh Desai Lab Redbridge Thomas Chan Con Ian Bond LD Richmond upon Thames Pamela Fleming Con David Marlow Con Southwark Victoria Mills Lab Dora Dixon-Fyle Lab Sutton Simon Wales LD Ruth Dombey LD Tower Hamlets Maium Miah Ind Waltham Forest Liaquat Ali Lab Clyde Loakes Lab Wandsworth James Maddan Con Guy Senior Con Westminster Steve