Decision details

RESOLVED to:

1)    Approve proposals for the establishment of the D2 Strategic Leadership Board and delegate functions to this Joint Committee as set out in the Functions and Responsibilities document in Appendix 3 to the report;

2)    Approve the Terms of Reference, including the Introduction and Context, Functions and Responsibilities, Procedural Rules and Information Procedure Rules for the D2 Strategic Leadership Board as set out at Appendix 3 to the  report and the position detailed in those documents regarding scrutiny and co-option;

3)    Appoints the Leader, as the Council’s representative on the D2 Strategic Leadership Board and the Deputy Leader, as substitute.

4)    Note the intention that the D2 Strategic Leadership Board be the body for the nomination of district and Borough representatives to the East Midlands Combined County Authority, when established, further noting that this is subject to the CCA’s agreement to designate the D2 Strategic Leadership Board as a nominating body;

5)    Agree that the County Council will act as the host authority for the Joint Committee;

6)    Note the dissolution of the D2 Joint Committee for Economic Prosperity, the enactment of which is subject to the establishment of the D2 Strategic Leadership Board, and recommends to Council that the Constitution is amended accordingly;

7)    Note the dissolution of the Vision Derbyshire Joint Committee, the enactment of which is subject to the establishment of the D2 Strategic Leadership Board, and recommends to Council that the Constitution is amended accordingly;

8)    Approves the Council’s membership of the D2 Strategic Leadership Board and the associated costs of taking forward the programme of work, the maximum cost of which currently stands at £156,324 per annum;

9)    Note that the functions of the Committee are executive functions, and therefore, Derbyshire County Council will not have the opportunity to co-opt additional members onto the Committee and the ability to co-opt is restricted within the Terms of Reference; and

10)                  Note that, in accordance with section 9F of the Local Government Act 2000, constituent authorities who operate executive arrangements will need to make formal scrutiny arrangements to review or scrutinise decisions made in connection with the exercise of the functions of the D2 Strategic Leadership Board, and that the Council’s existing scrutiny arrangements will apply.