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Revision of Governance Arrangements for Wirral Partnership Homes trading as Magenta Living

Meeting: 06/06/2016 - Cabinet (Item 7)

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Minutes:

Councillor George Davies introduced a report by the Head of Housing and Community Safety that advised the Cabinet that the Council, as a Company Member of Magenta Living, would be required to vote on proposals for Magenta Living to move to a Board that was selected on the basis of skills rather than by constituency nominations.

 

The Cabinet noted that Magenta Living’s Board had agreed to move to a Board recruited for the skills and experience necessary to enable the organisation to move into more diverse and commercial areas of business and demonstrate it met the standard required by the Regulator, the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) for the current business in the new operating environment.

 

Appended to the report was the Magenta Living Board Skills List.

 

Councillor Phil Davies emphasised the need for Members to be provided with relevant training so that they could apply for positions on the Board of Magenta Living going forward.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the report be referred to the Council meeting scheduled for 11 July 2016 for approval and the Council be RECOMMENDED: To

 

(1)  agree the proposal for Magenta Living to move to a Board that is selected on the basis of skills rather than by constituency nominations;

 

(2)  agree that Magenta Living’s Articles of Association be revised to reflect the changes;

 

(3)  delegate authority to the Head of Legal and Member Services to agree changes to Magenta Living’s Articles of Association;

 

(4)  authorise the relevant Council officer to vote on the changes (and associated matters) proposed and referred to in the report at the forthcoming Magenta Living General Meeting; and

 

(5)  agree that relevant Members undertake and be provided with requisite training and development necessary/appropriate to be a Board Member of Magenta Living. 

 

Councillor Stuart Whittingham returned to the meeting.