Agenda item

This report provides the Council with an update on work taking place with Derby and Derbyshire councils on a revised approach to collaborative and partnership working. The report seeks approval from Council to participate in a new Joint Committee of Derby and Derbyshire’s councils – the ‘D2 Strategic Leadership Board’.

The Chief Executive introduced a report providing Members with an update on work taking place with Derby and Derbyshire Councils on a revised approach to collaborative and partnership working. The report sought Member approval to participate in a new Joint Committee of Derby and Derbyshire’s Councils – the D2 Strategic Leadership Board.

Members were informed that as work progressed towards the establishment of a proposed new East Midlands Mayoral Combined County Authority, which would bring new opportunities to improve outcomes for people and places throughout Derby and Derbyshire, it was important to ensure that Derby and Derbyshire Councils strategic approach to collaborative and partnership working continued, had the flexibility to evolve to meet changing circumstances and was fit for purpose in managing the interface with this new authority, which would have key responsibilities for major investment strategies and programmes for the East Midlands region.

The D2 Strategic Leadership Board was proposed as offering a single framework for discussion and decision making across agendas incorporating the remits of the Vision Derbyshire Joint Committee and the D2 Economic Prosperity Committee; and additionally, accommodating the proposed D2 Growth Board alongside the proposed D2 Business Board. This meant that the Derbyshire Economic Recovery Board and the Derbyshire Economic Partnership would no longer exist.

The proposed structure for the new Board was attached at appendix 1 to the report.

It was moved by Councillor Peter Dobbs, seconded by Councillor Peter Slack and

RESOLVED

1.    That Council notes the outcome of the governance review undertaken by the Vision Derbyshire Joint Committee and the proposals to merge appropriate governance structures into a single new framework for Derbyshire Councils, which will include a new formal decision-making Joint Committee called the Derbyshire Strategic Leadership Board.

2.    That Council approves proposals for the establishment of the D2 Strategic Leadership Board and delegates functions to the Joint Committee as set out in the Functions and Responsibilities document in Appendix 2.

3.    That Council notes the draft 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 2 and the position detailed in those documents regarding scrutiny and co-option.

4.    That Council approves the Council’s active participation in the D2 Strategic Leadership Board and appoints the Leader of the Council – Cllr Steve Flitter, as the Council’s representative on the D2 Strategic Leadership Board, and Deputy Leader – Cllr Peter Slack, as substitute.

5.    That Council notes the intention that the SLB 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 that this be the mechanism.

6.    That Council notes the intention that the County Council will act as the host authority for the Joint Committee.

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

8.    That Council notes the dissolution of the Vision Derbyshire Joint Committee, the enactment of which is the subject to the establishment of the D2 Strategic Leadership Board, and that the Council’s Constitution is amended accordingly.

Voting

24        For

00        Against

08        Abstained

The Chair declared the motion CARRIED.