Report to:	Governance Committee
Date:	24 June 2025
By:	Deputy Chief Executive
Title of report:	Appointments to Outside Bodies
Purpose of report:	To consider appointments to outside bodies
RECOMMENDATION: The Governance Committee is recommended to appoint Councillors to the outside bodies listed in paragraph 1.4 and Appendix 1 of this report. The appointments will be for the term set out in paragraph 1.3.

Supporting Information

1.1       The County Council is invited to appoint Members (and in some cases non-County Councillors are eligible) to serve on a range of outside bodies whose role has a relationship to a function of the County Council. The appointments are a vital part of the County Council’s working in partnership with voluntary sector bodies, statutory agencies and the public and private sectors.

1.2       Attached at Appendix 1 is a schedule of the organisations to which appointments are to be made and the number of places to be filled for each body. In making appointments the Committee may wish to consider the issue of continuity.  Where no names are mentioned, it can be assumed that the position is currently vacant.

1.3       Unless otherwise stated appointments are made for a term until the date of the annual council meeting in the next Council election year, or (where applicable) the Councillor ceases to be a member of the Council whichever is the sooner, or unless the appointee resigns or is removed before then. Nominations have been sought from each political and independent group and a list of nominations received is set out in Appendix 1.

1.4       At a meeting of the Governance Committee on 22 April 2025, the appointments to the Sussex Inshore Fisheries were agreed. Since then, Councillor Liddiard has resigned from this position, and the Conservative Group wish to appoint Councillor Redstone in his place.

2.         Recommendation

2.1       The Committee is recommended to appoint Councillors to serve on the outside bodies as set out in paragraph 1.4 and Appendix 1 of this report for the term set out in para 1.3 above.

PHILIP BAKER

Deputy Chief Executive

Contact Officer: Hannah Matthews  

Tel:  01273 335138

E-mail: hannah.matthews@eastsussex.gov.uk