APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF MWHL
WDA/38/06 

Recommendation

The Authority is requested to:-

(i)		approve the appointment of Councillor Cluskey, as Chair of the Authority to serve as a Director of Mersey Waste Holdings Ltd.

(ii)		approve that the Treasurer to the Authority also attend Board Meetings of
Mersey Waste Holdings Ltd.

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APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF MERSEY WASTE HOLDINGS LTD 
WDA/38/06

1.	Background

1.1		Mersey Waste Holdings Ltd plays an important part in both the delivery of the 	current waste management contracts to the Authority and in its position of 
	controlling assets and staff that will ultimately need to be transferred to the 
	successor contractor arising from the tendering of the Recycling Contract. 	There 	is a growing need to ensure that during this period of tendering the Recycling and 	Recovery Contracts, that the strategic management of the Company aligns with 	the developing needs of the Authority’s Procurement Strategy. These needs will 	include amongst other matters, the continuing assessment of the performance of 	the company, its third party commercial activities and the deployment of its as	sets. 

2.	Actions

2.1	Currently the Authority has one representative on the Board, Councillor Swann, who also acts as Chairman of the Company.  It is considered that with the considerable focus of attention needed on the company’s activities over the next two years, that further capacity should be made available to support Cllr. Swann and that the Authority should increase its number of Directors, in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company, to two
	representatives. 

2.2	 The Articles of Association provide under Article 16(d) for the Authority to 
appoint a Director and it is recommended that the Authority provide the 
appropriate notice to the company to effect this recommendation.

2.3	Currently the Procurement Director attends the MWHL Board meetings to provide a link with the Authority and the Procurement Strategy, and it is further proposed that due to the considerable level of detail of financial matters that will need to be addressed between the company and the Authority in considering the ultimate transfer of the assets and staff of the company, the Treasurer to the Authority also be invited to attend such Board meetings.

The Contact Officer for this Report is Mr Terry Bradley
MWDA 6th Floor, North House, 17 North John Street, Liverpool, L2 5QY

Tel. No. 	0151 255 1444	Ext. 304

Fax  No.	0151 227 1848

Background documents open to inspection in accordance with Section 100D of the Local Government Act 1972 – nil.