Agenda item

The purpose of the report was to provide an update on work taking place with Derby and Derbyshire councils on a revised approach to collaborative and partnership working and to seek approval from the Executive to participate in a new Joint Committee of Derby and Derbyshire’s councils – the Derby and Derbyshire Strategic Leadership Board.

The report also set out how this would link into the new East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) arrangements.

The report would be presented to the next Full Council meeting for information.

Options considered:

Existing Joint Committees having been dissolved, the Council could take the option to not participate in the Strategic Leadership Board once established. This is not desirable asthis reporthas indicatedthat theBoard isa mergerof twosuccessful Joint Committees to support effective and efficient decision making. There is also significant interest in continuing to work collaboratively with Derby and Derbyshire Councils to work collectively in partnership to tackle the county’s challengesand speakas acollective wherepossible. Therewould stillhowever, need to be an alternative vehicle to make nominations to the CCA when established.

RESOLVED:

1.     That the outcome of the governance review of cross Derbyshire bodies that lead to the proposals to merge appropriate governancestructures intoa singlenew frameworkfor DerbyshireCouncils, which will include a new formal decision-making Joint Committee called the Derby & Derbyshire Strategic LeadershipBoard be noted.

2.     That proposals for the establishment of the Boardand delegatesfunctions tothe JointCommittee asset outin the Functions and Responsibilities document in Appendix2 be approved.

3.     That the draft the Terms of Reference, including the Introduction and Context, Functions and Responsibilities, Procedural Rules and Information Procedure Rules for the Strategic Leadership Board as set out at Appendix 2and the position detailed in those documents regarding scrutiny andco-option be noted.

4.     That the Council’s active participation in the Board be approved and that the Leader of the Council be appointed as the Council’s representative on the Derby & Derbyshire Strategic Leadership Board plus the Deputy Leader as a substitute.

5.     That the progress with the establishment of the East Midlands Combined County Combined Authority (EMCCA) as set out in sections 10.1 to 10.6 of the report be noted.

6.     That the intention that the SLB be the body for the nomination of district and Borough representatives to the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) be noted.

7.     That the intention that the County Council will act as the host authority for the JointCommittee be noted.

8.     That the dissolution of the D2 Joint Committee for Economic Prosperity, the enactment of which is subject to the establishment of the Derby and Derbyshire Strategic Leadership Board, and that the Council’s Constitution is amended accordingly be noted.

9.     That the dissolution of the Vision Derbyshire Joint Committee, the enactmentof whichis subjectto theestablishment ofthe Derby and Derbyshire StrategicLeadership Board, and that the Council’s Constitution is amendedaccordingly be noted.