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UPDATE ON BUSINESS CASE FOR THE BROADWATER HUNDRED AND BROADWATER HUNDRED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Meeting: 19/03/2024 - Cabinet Sub-Committee (Local Authority Trading Companies' Shareholder) (Item 47)

47 APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS TO BROADWATER HUNDRED LIMITED pdf icon PDF 284 KB

REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR – ENTERPRISE

 

The purpose of this report is to seek approval to appoint two new company directors to Broadwater Hundred Limited.

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED: That the Sub-Committee approved the appointment of the named officers provided in appendix A as a company director for Broadwater Hundred Ltd.

 

REASON FOR DECISION: To ensure that the Councils company is complying with the company’s Articles of Association.  

Minutes:

Audio recording – 5 minutes 50 seconds

 

The Service Director – Enterprise presented the report entitled ‘Appointment of Directors to Broadwater Hundred Limited’ and advised that:

 

·       The Service Director – Enterprise was currently the only director of Broadwater Hundred Limited.

·       This report was seeking approval to appoint the Service Director – Housing and Environmental Health as a second director.

·       The signed notice of willingness of appointment as a director could be found in Appendix A, included within the supplementary pack.

·       The aim was to eventually have three directors of the company to enable meetings to be held and to provide better resilience within the role of the holding company.

·       There was an error in Appendix A and ‘Officers’ should read ‘Officer’. 

 

In response to questions from Councillor Ian Albert, the Service Director – Enterprise advised that:

 

·       Training for the new director had taken place at the same time as the training for the directors of the property management company which had already been arranged.

·       The Council were still looking to appoint an Officer from NHC as a third company director.

 

Councillor Alistair Willoughby proposed and Councillor Keith Hoskins seconded and, following a vote, it was:

 

RESOLVED: That the Sub-Committee approved the appointment of the named officers provided in appendix A as a company director for Broadwater Hundred Ltd.

 

REASON FOR DECISION: To ensure that the Councils company is complying with the company’s Articles of Association.