Purpose

Council agreed the list of Executive outside bodies and the number of Councillors to

be appointed to them, as described at paragraph 3.1 of the report, at its Annual meeting on 15 May 2025. Cabinet also agreed the original nominations for 2025/26 at its meeting on 4 June 2025.

Cabinet and the Leader of Council appoints and makes changes to representatives to executive related outside bodies in order to express the views of the Council to those bodies on the work they undertake, and to feed back to the Council issues emerging from those bodies that relate to Council activities.

Decision

The Leader of Council has approved that the following changes be made to the councillor representatives on the named Executive related Outside Bodies for the remaining part of 2025/26:

1. Councillor Ruth Duckworth to be the Council’s nominee on Manston Skills and Employment Board replacing Councillor Yates;

1. Councillor Rick Everitt to be the Council’s nominee on East Kent Opportunities Ltd replacing Councillor Yates.

Reasons for the decision

The main objective is for a Council nominee to represent the interests of the Council.

Alternative options considered

Not appointing a TDC representative to executive appointed outside bodies. This would not have been an appropriate decision because Full Council agreed that the Council’s interests would better be served by engaging in activities with Outside Bodies in order to enhance the public interests of Thanet District.