A Joint Executive (Cabinet)
Committee has been established to make decisions that are currently
made during the individual Forest Heath District and St
Edmundsbury Borough Councils’
Cabinet meetings. The Joint Committee
consists of all Forest Heath and St Edmundsbury Cabinet members.
The Leaders, and their
Portfolio Holders, will still have responsibility for their
individual designated areas (within Forest Heath and St
Edmundsbury areas), and be able to make
decisions in line with the rules for portfolio holder decision
making. Importantly, the forming of the joint committee does not
remove the ability for either Council to still convene their own
individual Cabinet meeting if it wished.
The key decision threshold has
been increased to £100,000 from the current £50,000
level as a way of not diluting the current key decision thresholds
for each Council. Decisions below the
£100,000 level are made by officers or Portfolio Holders, but
would still be referred to the Joint Executive (Cabinet) Committee
where it is considered they have a significant impact on the local
areas or officers / Portfolio Holders do not wish to exercise their
delegation.