Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Housing & Public Protection

RESOLVED

(i)      To note the resignation of Adam Chalmers from the Board of Directors of HDH and HDH(H).

(ii)      To delegate, to the Chief Executive, the approval of the appointment of the new Director of Community Services to the Board of Directors of HDH and HDH(H).

(iii)      To approve the appointment of Rob Jarvis, Head of Housing and Community, to the Board of HDH Limited in the interim.

REASON

(i)      Clause 6.1 of the shareholders agreement states that there shall be a minimum of three Directors and no more than six, all of whom shall be appointed by the Council through giving notice in writing.

(ii)      Clause 6.2 of the shareholders agreement states the Company shall review its Board every year to ensure that the composition and membership of the Board is such that the ability to sufficiently understand the Company’s obligations and make sufficiently robust decisions in relation to those obligations.

Councillor Tricia Youtan stated that a change in the Board of Directors of the Council’s two Housing Companies was required because Adam Chalmers, Director of Community Services, was leaving the Council. 

The directorship would be taken up by the new Director of Communities in due course, after they have been appointed.  She fully supported the recommendation for Rob Jarvis, Head of Housing & Community Services, to become interim Director in the meantime. 

RESOLVED

(i)     To note the resignation of Adam Chalmers from the Board of Directors of HDH and HDH(H).

(ii)     To delegate, to the Chief Executive, the approval of the appointment of the new Director of Community Services to the Board of Directors of HDH and HDH(H).

(iii)      To approve the appointment of Rob Jarvis, Head of Housing and Community, to the Board of HDH Limited in the interim.

REASON

(i)      Clause 6.1 of the shareholders agreement states that there shall be a minimum of three Directors and no more than six, all of whom shall be appointed by the Council through giving notice in writing.

(ii)      Clause 6.2 of the shareholders agreement states the Company shall review its Board every year to ensure that the composition and membership of the Board is such that the ability to sufficiently understand the Company’s obligations and make sufficiently robust decisions in relation to those obligations.