Purpose

To consider the emerging form and function of
the Gloucestershire City Region Board, the nature of its authority,
terms of reference, membership, and joint scrutiny
arrangements.

Decision

In coming to this
decision I have given due and full regard to the requirements of
the public sector equality duty contained in section 149 of the
Equality Act 2010 (“the Act”) by reference to the law
itself and also the relevant Equality Impact Assessment, which was
prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Act.
 
Having fully
considered all the available information, I have decided to reject
the alternative options and take the recommended decision to:
 
1.    
Agree to the establishment of the Gloucestershire
City Region Board (GCRB).
 
2.    
Delegate authority to the Director of Economy and
Environment, in consultation with the Leader, to finalise and
complete an Inter-Authority Agreement between the County Council
and the six district authorities in Gloucestershire (for the
purpose of formalising their respective obligations for the GCRB,
as well as other key documentation and to take all necessary steps
to create the GCRB, including finalising the terms of reference for
the GCRB.
 
3.    
Agree that the above recommendations will not be
effective until all Gloucestershire Councils pass equivalent
resolutions.
 
4.    
That upon the establishment of the GCRB, the
Leader:
 
4.1 
delegate this Council’s functions to the GCRB
as are necessary for the delivery of the functions identified in
the Terms of Reference set out in the Appendix to this
report.
 
4.2 
confirm the appointment of the Gloucestershire
County Council as the Administering Authority.
 
4.3 
agree to nominate the Cabinet Member for Environment
and Planning to the GCRB as the Chair of the Board and an
alternative Cabinet Member to act as a substitute for the Cabinet
Member for Environment and Planning.
 
 
For the reasons
set out in the report.