Appointment of Deputy Anne Pryke as Chairman of the Ecology Fund

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A decision made (07.12.06) to appoint deputy Anne Pryke as Chairman of the Ecology Fund

Subject:	Appointment of Deputy Anne Pryke as Chairman of the Ecology Fund
Decision Reference:	MD-PE-2006-0236		Exempt clause(s):
Type of Report: (oral or written)			Person Giving Report (if oral):
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?			Report File ref:	ED\15\02\02
Written report – Title	Appointment of Deputy Anne Pryke as Chairman of the Ecology Fund
Written report – Author (name and job title)	Mike Freeman
Decision(s): To appoint Deputy Anne Pryke as Chairman of the Ecology Fund
Reason(s) for decision: The Ecology Fund is a special fund set up by the States in 1995. – The States agreed in 2005 (P.192/2005 Ecology Fund: appointment of Chairman and Trustees) in the interests of simplifying States business, that the future management of the Ecology Trust Fund, including the receipt of annual reports and the appointment of Trustees should be undertaken by the Environment and Public Services Committee (and by the future Minister for Planning and Environment) and that these matters would not therefore be brought to the States in the future; and, Connétable Richard Dupré was appointed chairman of the Trustees. Following the retirement of Connétable Richard Dupré , a vacancy has arisen for the post of Chairman of the Ecology Fund. The Minister wishes to appoint Deputy Anne Pryke as the new chairman and she has accepted .
Action required: Confirm appointment of Deputy Pryke.
Signature: (Minister/ Assistant Minister)		Date of Decision:

Appointment of Deputy Anne Pryke as Chairman of the Ecology Fund

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT

ENVIRONMENT DIVISION

Appointment of Deputy A Pryke as chairman of the Ecology Fund

Public

Purpose of the Report

To confirm the Minister’s decision to appoint Deputy Anne Pryke, Deputy for Trinity as Chairman of the Ecology Fund to replace Connétable Richard Dupré.

Background

Following the retirement of Connétable Richard Dupré , a vacancy has arisen for the post of Chairman of the Ecology Fund.

The Minister wishes to appoint Deputy Anne Pryke as the new chairman and she has accepted.

The decision of the States (Ecology Fund: appointment of Chairman and Trustees – P.192/2005 ) gave the Minister powers to appoint the chairman of the fund:

States Minutes 29th September 2005

Ecology Fund: appointment of Chairman and Trustees – P.192/2005

THE STATES, adopting a proposition of the Environment and Public Services Committee, referred to their Act dated 26th March 1991, in which they approved the establishment of an Ecology Fund, and to their Act dated 28th March 1995, in which they agreed that the Chairman of the Trustees should be a member of the States, appointed by the States on the recommendation of the then Planning and Environment Committee and that there should be 5 Trustees appointed by the States on the nomination of the Committee, and

(a) appointed the Connétable of St. John as Chairman of the Trustees of the Fund and Mr. John McGuiness, Mr. James Maxwell Allan, Mrs. Anna Van Oordt and Ms. Christine Garnier as Trustees of the Fund;

(b) referred to the above-mentioned Act dated 26th March 1991, in which they approved the establishment of the Ecology Fund and agreed inter alia, that there should be 5 Trustees of the fund, appointed by the States on the nomination of the Committee, and that the Trustees should report annually to the Committee and the States on the progress and outcome of schemes supported by the Fund and their future plans; and agreed, in the interests of simplifying States business, that the future management of the Ecology Trust Fund, including the receipt of annual reports and the appointment of Trustees should be undertaken by the Environment and Public Services Committee (and by the future Minister for Planning and Environment) and that these matters would not therefore be brought to the States in the future; and,

(c) referred to the above-mentioned Act dated 28th March 1995, in which they agreed that the Chairman of the Trustees should be a member of the States, appointed by the States on the recommendation of the Committee, and agreed that the Chairman of the Ecology Fund should in future continue to be a member of the States but be appointed by the Environment and Public Services Committee (and by the future Minister for Planning and Environment) and not by the States.

Recommendation

That the Minister appoints Deputy Anne Pryke, Deputy for Trinity as Chairman of the Ecology Fund to replace Connétable Richard Dupré.

Written by:	M.Freeman Executive Officer Ecology Fund

Approved by:	Chris Newton Director Environment Division

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Ministerial Decision ref: MD-PE-2006-0236

4 December 2006