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Report No:   CAB/SE/18/004

Portfolio Holder: Carol Bull   Lead Officer: Leah Mickleborough

RESOLVED:

That:

(1)     The Grant Working Party continues to operate in accordance with its Terms of Reference, as detailed in Appendix A of Report No: CAB/SE/18/004.

(2)     The existing West Suffolk Joint Growth Steering Group be disbanded and replaced by the Growth and Innovation Group, in accordance with the new Terms of Reference contained in Appendix B.

(3)     The Future Governance Steering Group continues to operate, in accordance with the amended Terms of Reference contained in Appendix C.

(4)

(a)     The West Suffolk Joint Health and Safety Panel and the West Suffolk Joint Staff Consultative Panel continue to operate in accordance with their current Terms of Reference contained in Appendices D and E respectively; and

(b)     periodical meetings of the Joint Panels continue to be scheduled as and when required but with regard to the discussion outlined in Section 1.3.16.

(5)

(a)     The Cabinet’s existing informal Working Groups be retained as indicated in Section 1.4.2; and

(b)    provided that resources are available to support them, further informal task-and-finish working groups continue to be established to consider specific issues as required throughout the remainder of 2017/2018.

(6)

(a)     St Edmundsbury Borough Council’s membership (including substitutes) of the Grant Working Party, Future Governance Steering Group, West Suffolk Joint Health and Safety Panel, West Suffolk Joint Staff Consultative Panel, The Apex Performance Panel and Joint Member Development Group, as set out in Table 1 of Appendices A, C, D, E, F and G respectively, be re-appointed for the remainder of 2017/2018;

(b)     should any future changes to membership of the bodies listed in (6)(a) above be required in the remainder of 2017/2018, the Service Manager (Democratic Services) be requested to exercise their existing delegated authority to appoint on the nominations of Group Leaders; and

(c)     such appointments be made on the basis of political balance requirements, where applicable and identified in Report No: CAB/SE/18/004.

(Report No: CAB/SE/18/004)

The Cabinet considered Report No: CAB/SE/18/004, which provided an interim review of the Cabinet’s Working Parties, Joint Panels and Other Groups.

As the Cabinet’s Grant Working Party, and presently the West Suffolk Joint Growth Steering Group, were constituted with having regard to the political balance of the Council, an interim review of the membership and Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Working Parties, Joint Panels and other Groups had been undertaken as a result of recent changes to the political composition of the Council.

This had also provided an opportunity to review and propose amendments to the ToR for the existing West Suffolk Joint Growth Steering Group and Future Governance Steering Group.

Councillor John Griffiths, Leader of the Council, drew relevant issues to the attention of Cabinet, including that approval of the majority of the recommendations meant that no changes would be made to the existing arrangements.

It was however, recommended that the West Suffolk Joint Growth Steering Group be replaced by the Growth and Innovation Group for the reasons provided in the report; and that the terms of reference for the Future Governance Steering Group be amended to enable it to consider a wider range of technical issues to ensure the appropriate governance was in place for the creation of the new single council for West Suffolk.       

With the exception of the new Growth and Innovation Group, which was proposed not to have defined membership, Table 1 contained in each appendix, listed the existing membership for the various bodies, and it was proposed these be re-appointed. Where membership to each body included a seat allocated to the UKIP Group, it was proposed that this be allocated to the Haverhill Indys.

RESOLVED:

That:

(1)     The Grant Working Party continues to operate in accordance with its Terms of Reference, as detailed in Appendix A of Report No: CAB/SE/18/004.

(2)     The existing West Suffolk Joint Growth Steering Group be disbanded and replaced by the Growth and Innovation Group, in accordance with the new Terms of Reference contained in Appendix B.

(3)     The Future Governance Steering Group continues to operate, in accordance with the amended Terms of Reference contained in Appendix C.

(4)

(a)     The West Suffolk Joint Health and Safety Panel and the West Suffolk Joint Staff Consultative Panel continue to operate in accordance with their current Terms of Reference contained in Appendices D and E respectively; and

(b)     periodical meetings of the Joint Panels continue to be scheduled as and when required but with regard to the discussion outlined in Section 1.3.16.

(5)

(a)     The Cabinet’s existing informal Working Groups be retained as indicated in Section 1.4.2; and

(b)    provided that resources are available to support them, further informal task-and-finish working groups continue to be established to consider specific issues as required throughout the remainder of 2017/2018.

(6)

(a)     St Edmundsbury Borough Council’s membership (including substitutes) of the Grant Working Party, Future Governance Steering Group, West Suffolk Joint Health and Safety Panel, West Suffolk Joint Staff Consultative  ...  view the full minutes text for item 424