Purpose

To seek approval from Cabinet for the Council to establish and participate in a new Joint Committee of Derby and Derbyshire’s councils, the D2 Strategic Leadership Board, to collaborate, co-ordinate and drive forward agendas where it is recognised that more can be achieved by councils working together to improve outcomes for people and places across Derbyshire.

Decision

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.