Agenda item

The recommendations of the Constitution Committee relating to proposed new Council Governance Arrangements were proposed by Cllr A Martin and seconded by Cllr Marren.

RESOLVED

That :-

1.      with effect from the end of a shadow period of operation, which shall end no earlier than September 2012, the existing Overview and Scrutiny Committees will be dissolved and be replaced with two Overview and Scrutiny Committees with the names and provisional terms of reference set out in Appendix 1 of the submitted report;

2.     with immediate effect Council establishes, initially in shadow form, up to nine Policy  Groups, aligned with the Cabinet, with the provisional terms of reference set out in Appendix 2 of the submitted report;

3.     the Leader will determine the size and cross party composition of the Policy Groups and invite the Political Groups to notify the Borough Solicitor of their nominations;

4.     the consideration of the terms of reference of the two new Overview and Scrutiny Committees be referred to the Overview and Scrutiny Chairmen in the June/July cycle of meetings and the terms of reference thereafter be finalised by Council, following consideration by the Constitution Committee;

5.     the consideration of the terms of reference of the new Policy Groups be referred to the shadow Policy Groups in the June/July cycle of meetings and thereafter be finalised by Council, following consideration by the Constitution Committee; and

6.     the Borough Solicitor submit a further report to Council which will enable Council to formalise all remaining arrangements following the shadow period.