LIVERPOOL CITY REGION COMBINED AUTHORITY PUBLICATION: 24 MAY 2019 DEADLINE FOR CALL-IN: 31 MAY 2019 FOLLOWING THE CALL-IN PERIOD, DECISIONS INCLUDED IN THESE MINUTES MAY THEN BE IMPLEMENTED WHERE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SUBJECT TO A CALL-IN. * DENOTES KEY DECISION At a meeting of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority held in the Authority Chamber - No.1 Mann Island, Liverpool, L3 1BP on Friday, 24th May, 2019 the following Members were P r e s e n t: Metro Mayor S Rotheram Chairperson of the Combined Authority (in the Chair) Mayor J Anderson OBE, Councillor P Hackett, Mr A Hamid MBE, Councillor I Maher, Councillor G Morgan, Councillor R Polhill, Councillor S Murphy (for Councillor D Baines) and Councillor L Robinson. 1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from Rt Hon Jane Kennedy, Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner, Cllr Ian Moran (Leader: West Lancashire Borough Council), Cllr Russ Bowden (Leader: Warrington Borough Council), Councillor Kate Groucutt (Deputy Portfolio Holder: Inclusive Growth, Economic Development, Digital and Innovation), Councillor Nathalie Nicholas (Deputy Portfolio Holder: Air Quality and Transport) and Barbara Spicer (Mayoral Advisor: Social Housing). 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST It was reported that no Declarations of Interest had been received. 3. MINUTES SILENCE Prior to the start of the meeting, the Metro Mayor referred to sad passing of Bernard Molloy. The Combined Authority stood for a minutes silence as a mark of respect. 4. LIVERPOOL CITY REGION METRO MAYOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPDATES Metro Mayor S Rotheram welcomed Councillor’s Pat Hackett (Leader: Wirral MBC), Councillor David Baines (Leader: St Helens MBC) and Councillor Sue Murphy (Deputy Leader: St Helens MBC) to their first meeting of the LCR Combined Authority. He also took the opportunity to thank the retiring Leaders, Councillor Phil Davies and Councillor Derek Long for the contributions they had made to the work of the LCR Combined Authority. Metro Mayor Rotheram reflected upon the recent announcement from the Prime Minister, Theresa May, who had announced that she would be resigning as Prime Minister on 7 June 2019. He noted that with her departure this made it a stronger possibility that a No Deal Brexit was more likely to occur and this would have a negative impact on the economy. Metro Mayor S Rotheram reported that assessments had identified that 15,000 jobs in the North West where at risk from the World Trade Organisation rules set up. Therefore, the LCR Combined Authority Investment Team would be working on proposals to identify how the Combined Authority can support local businesses to cope with the impacts of a no deal. The Metro Mayor informed the LCR Combined Authority that Wednesday 22 May 2019 had marked the two year anniversary of the horrific attack on the Manchester Arena. He reported that the events on this day devastated lives in Greater Manchester, the North West and beyond and reiterated that the City Region should shoulder to shoulder with Manchester and thoughts were with the 22 victims, the survivors and all their families. He placed on record his thanks to Liverpool City Council and Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council for lighting up a number of buildings orange as a special tribute to Megan Hurley. Metro Mayor S Rotheram informed the LCR Combined Authority that he had recently met with representatives from the Climate Strike Group Liverpool, who had protested recently at a meeting of the LCR Combined Authority. He reported that the Group had asked him to consider issues on climate change and air quality, which young people felt particularly about. Metro Mayor S Rotheram informed Members that as a City Region significant progress was being made in this area, as the City Region was the first to adopt a Zero Carbon target of 2040, which was ten years earlier than the national target, had launched a £10m Green Investment Fund, had the first fleet of 25 zero emission hydrogen buses coming to the City Region in 2020 and the Mersey Tidal Commission with one of the biggest wind farms in Europe in Liverpool Bay. The Metro Mayor emphasised that further work could be undertaken in regards to Climate Change, therefore he would be consulting with the Leaders of the constituent Councils to declare a Climate Change emergency, which would enable the City Region to understand the pressing issues of Climate Change. Mayor J Anderson OBE, reflected upon the crucial important of addressing Climate Change and highlighted that it was the Labour Party who had brought the issue to the attention of Government who know needed to understand and respond to the issue of Climate Change, whilst also supporting the regions in this issue. Furthermore, he highlighted how the City Region had already demonstrated innovation in dealing with such issues and at Liverpool City Council a Select Committee and Cabinet position had been created to consider these issues. In conclusion, he highlighted that the City Region was fully committed to climate change and would work in conjunction with the national government on these issues to make real progress. Metro Mayor S Rotheram advised that in had been in London recently for the Climate Change summit and had informed Senior Government Officials of the work taking place in Liverpool and the City Region and that this work was advanced to many other areas. Metro Mayor S Rotheram reported that the City Region would be hosting a number of sporting events over the weekend which would welcome 1000’s of visitors and underlined the importance of sport to the visitor economy. On Sunday, the Rock n Roll Marathon was taking place in the City along with the Rugby League Magic Weekend which was being hosted at Anfield for the first time. In conclusion, Metro Mayor S Rotheram referred to a recent article he had written in The New Statesman in which he had highlighted the division and racial tension caused by some candidates standing in the European Parliamentary elections and called upon the electorate to reject there message of hate. 5. MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE LCR COMBINED AUTHORITY HELD ON 12 APRIL 2019 RESOLVED – That the minutes of the LCR Combined Authority held on 12 April 2019 be approved as a correct record. 6. CONSTITUTION UPDATE The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority considered the report of the Monitoring Officer which set out a number of proposed revisions to the Constitution. The amendments included the following:- Part 1 – this had been updated with some minor changes to reflect the reality of the Combined Authority; Part 2 – this had been updated to reflect some technical changes to the legislative references; Part 3 – - Section A – the inclusion of Deputy Portfolio Holders; Reference to the governance companies; Part 3 – Section D – Audit and Governance Committee – updated terms of reference; Part 3 – Section F – removal of the Investment Committee Part 3 – Section G – Standing Delegations to Officers relating to the Monitoring Officer; Part 4 – Section B – Access to information and Decision Making which included the proposal to reduce the key decision threshold for capital and expenditure of key decisions to £150,000; Part 4 – Section C – Overview and Scrutiny arrangements – changes to the exclusions to Call-in procedure; and Part 6 – Section A – Members Code of Conduct to incorporate the outcome of the Committee on Standards in Public Life review of local Government and Ethical standards. UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED – That the revised Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Constitution, as detailed in the report now submitted, be agreed. 7. COMBINED AUTHORITY NOMINATIONS 2019-20 The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority considered a report of the Chief Executive which outlined the nominations to the Combined Authority following the Annual Meetings of the constituent Councils. A supplementary agenda was also tabled setting out the nominations that had been made since the agenda had been published and also included nominations to the appointment of Portfolio and Deputy Portfolio Holders. Taking the tabled document into account, the nominations were as follows:- Combined Authority Appointment Substitute appointment Halton Council Councillor R Polhill Councillor M Wharton Knowsley MBC Councillor G Morgan Councillor S Donnelly Liverpool CC Mayor J Anderson OBE Councillor Wendy Simon Sefton MBC Councillor I Maher Councillor J Fairclough St Helens MBC Councillor D Baines Councillor S Murphy Wirral MBC Councillor P Hackett Councillor A Leech Local Enterprise Partnership Appointment Substitute appointment Local Enterprise Mr Asif Hamid MBE Mr Paul Corcoran Partnership Associate Members Appointment Substitute appointment Warrington BC Councillor R Bowden Councillor C Mitchell West Lancashire Councillor I Moran Councillor Y Gagen BC Portfolio Holders Portfolio Nomination Policy, Reform and Resources Metro Mayor S Rotheram Education, Employment and Skills Mayor J Anderson OBE Digital Connectivity and Inclusion Councillor D Baines Housing and Spatial Framework Councillor G Morgan Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Councillor R Polhill Culture, Tourism and the Visitor Economy Councillor I Maher Inclusive Economy and Third Sector Councillor P Hackett Business Support and Brexit* Mr A Hamid MBE Transport and Air Quality** Councillor L Robinson Criminal Justice** Rt Hon Jane Kennedy *Indicates non-voting member **Indicates non-voting co-opted member Deputy Portfolio Holders Portfolio Nomination Policy, Reform and Resources Councillor C Thomas Education, Employment and