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Shadow Board
Date: / Friday 21 August 2015
Time: / 11.00 am / Public Meeting? / NO
Venue:
Note: / Birmingham Council House, Committee Rooms 3 and 4
This is the inaugural meeting of the Shadow Board

Membership

Councillor Mike Bird / Walsall Council
Councillor Sir Albert Bore / Birmingham City Council
Councillor Darren Cooper / Sandwell Council
Councillor Roger Lawrence / City of Wolverhampton
Councillor Pete Lowe / Dudley Council
Councillor Ann Lucas / Coventry City Council
Councillor Bob Sleigh / Solihull Council
Jonathan Browning / Chair of the Coventry and Warwickshire LEP
Andy Street / Chair of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP
Stewart Towe / Chair of the Black Country LEP

Also invited:

Councillor George Adamson / Cannock Chase Council
Councillor Philip Atkins / Staffordshire County Council
Councillor Daniel Cook / Tamworth Council
Councillor Brian Edwards / South Staffordshire Council
Councillor Richard Grosvenor / East Staffordshire Council
Councillor Mike Hall / Hinckley and Bosworth Council
Councillor Marcus Hart / Wyre Forest Council
Councillor Bill Hartnett / Redditch Council
Councillor Dennis Harvey / Nuneaton and Bedworth Council
Councillor David Humphreys / North Warwickshire Council
Councillor Andrew Mobbs / Warwick Council
Councillor Chris Saint / Stratford-upon-Avon Council
Councillor Izzi Seccombe / Warwickshire County Council
Councillor Margaret Sherrey / Bromsgrove Council
Councillor Michael Stokes / Rugby Council
Councillor Michael Wilcox / Lichfield Council

If you have any queries about this meeting, please contact:

Contact / Adam Hadley Rachel Ratcliffe
Telephone / 01902 554310 01902 551969
Email /
AGENDA
1. / Shadow Board Governance / Presenting / Papers
1.1 / To appoint a Chair of the Shadow Board
Councillor Roger Lawrence, Chair of the Leaders’ group meetings to date, to propose the Chair of the Shadow Board. / Keith Ireland / Verbal
1.2 / To appoint a Vice Chair of the Shadow Board
To elect the Vice Chair of the Shadow Board. / Chair / Verbal
1.3 / Terms of Reference for the Combined Authority Shadow Board
To approve the terms of reference. / Chair / Attached
1.4 / Members of the Shadow Board
To agree the Members of the Shadow Board / Chair / Verbal
1.5 / To appoint the officers of the Shadow Board as follows:
Clerk: Keith Ireland, City of Wolverhampton
Legal Adviser: Stuart Portman, Walsall MBC
Finance Adviser: Paul Dransfield, Birmingham
City Council
Minute Taker(s): Adam Hadley, City of
Wolverhampton
Martyn Sargeant, City of
Wolverhampton
Jas Kaur (from Mid-September,
City of Wolverhampton). / Chair / As listed
1.6 / Private meeting arrangements
To approve that Shadow Board meetings are to be held in private, until the Vesting Day of the West Midlands Combined Authority. / Chair / As listed
1.7 / Combined Authority branding
To approve the Combined Authority Branding. / Keith Ireland / Attached
1.8 / Feedback from the District and County meeting, 17 August 2015
To receive an update from the District and County Meeting 17 August 2015 / Richard Parker / Verbal
2. / Meetings Timetable
2.1 / To receive a first cut of the meetings timetable – which will be regularly updated.
Once approved Outlook invites will be sent to all invitees, observers and officers. / Keith Ireland / To be tabled
3. / Minutes of the Combined Authority Leaders and LEP Chairs Group Meeting (24 July 2015)
3.1 / To note the minutes of the meeting. / Adam Hadley / Attached
4. / Matters arising
4.1 / To consider any matters arising from the Minutes of the Combined Authority Leaders and LEP Chairs Group. / Chair / Verbal
5. / Devolution proposals
5.1 / To receive an update on the Devolution proposals. / Mark Rogers / Presentation
6. / The Combined Authority commissions
6.1 / Mental Health Commission Update. / Sarah Norman / Verbal Update
6.2 / Land Commission Update. / Jan Britton / Verbal Update
6.3 / Productivity Commission Update. / Sarah Middleton / Attached
7. / Workstream Updates Not Covered Above
7.1 / Economic Workstream / Martin Reeves / Presentation
7.2 / Creation of the Combined Authority - Voting / Rachel Ratcliffe / To be tabled
8. / Any other business not covered above
8.1 / None notified
9. / Dates and locations of next meeting
9.1 / Please see meeting schedule for details of meetings – to be tabled
10. / Contact Details
10.1 / Keith Ireland
Programme Director
01902 554500
07584 491277

Rachel Ratcliffe
Programme Officer
01902 551969

www.westmidlandscombinedauthority.org.uk / Please copy CA into all correspondence on the Combined Authority:

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