Report Title Appointments and Urgency Committee – Appointment of Chair
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Report title Appointments and Urgency Committee – Appointment of Chair Meeting Date Authority 26 March 2015 Report by Document Number Clerk to the Authority FEP 2431 Public Summary The Mayor has appointed Gareth Bacon AM as Chairman of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, with effect from 27 March 2015.This report seeks approval for the proposed Chairman to be appointed Chairman of the Authority’s Appointments and Urgency Committee, with effect from 27 March 2015. Recommendation 1. That Gareth Bacon AM be appointed Chairman of the Appointments and Urgency Committee with effect from 27 March 2015. Background 2. At its meeting on 29 January 2015, the Chairman announced that he had written to the Mayor and the Clerk of the Authority to inform them of his intention to stand down as Chairman of the Authority immediately after the full Authority meeting on 26 March 2015. 3. On 3 February 2015, the Mayor wrote to the Chairman of the London Assembly to inform the Assembly of his decision to nominate Gareth Bacon AM as Chairman of LFEPA from 27 March 2015 to 16 June 2015. On 23 February, the London Assembly held a Confirmation Hearings Committee meeting to consider this appointment and to put questions to the nominated Chairman. At the rise of the meeting, the Chair of the Confirmation Hearings Committee wrote to the Mayor to confirm that Gareth Bacon AM should be appointed to the role. The Mayor confirmed on 2 March 2015 that he had appointed Gareth Bacon to the office of Chairman of the Authority, with effect from 27 March 2015. 4. In light of the nomination, the Authority is recommended to appoint Gareth Bacon AM as Chairman of the Appointments and Urgency Committee, noting that the Chairman of the Authority is traditionally also Chairman of the Committee with responsibility for considering any urgent business. 5. The full committee membership would be as follows: MEMBERSHIP – 6 Members (2 Labour, 2 Conservative, 1 Ungrouped Member and 1 Ungrouped Member) Group MEMBER Alternates: Labour Dr Fiona Cllr Liaquat Ali, Andrew Dismore AM, Cllr Sarah Hayward, Twycross AM Cllr Jack Hopkins, Cllr Pauline Morrison, Cllr Martin Whelton Labour Valerie Shawcross AM Conservative Cllr Gareth Alternates: Bacon AM Tony Arbour AM, James Cleverly AM, Cllr Mike Fisher, Cllr Conservative Cllr David Susan Hall, Cllr Maurice Heaster OBE Cartwright QFSM Ungrouped Cllr Stephen Member Knight AM Ungrouped Darren Johnson Member AM Chairman: Councillor Gareth Bacon AM Vice-Chairman: Dr Fiona Twycross AM Head of Legal and Democratic Services Comments 6. The Head of Legal and Democratic Services’ comments are incorporated within the report. Director of Finance and Contractual Services Comments 7. The Director of Finance and Contractual Services has reviewed this report and has no comments Sustainable Development implications 8. There are no specific sustainability implications arising from this report. Staff Side Consultations Undertaken 9. Consultation with staff-side representatives is not required on this report. Equalities Implications 10. There are no equality implications arising from this report. List of Appendices to this report: None LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ACCESS TO INFORMATION) ACT 1985 List of background documents None. Proper officer Head of Legal and Democratic Services Contact officer Ed Williams Telephone 0208 555 1200 x 30081 Email [email protected] .