Purpose

This report deals with the Leader’s
proposed appointment of the Deputy Leader to the Solent Freeport
Board, and the subsequent changes to the Leader’s Scheme of
Delegation arising from this appointment.

Decision

On 12 March 2025, Cllr Jill Cleary, Leader
made the following decision:

1. That the Deputy Leader (Cllr Steve Davies) be appointed to
the
Solent Freeport Consortium Board, in place of the Leader of the
Council.

2.That the revised Leader’s Scheme of Delegation at Appendix
1, be approved.

Any member of the Council, who is not a Portfolio Holder, who
considers that this decision should be reviewed should give notice
using the call-in facility at the top of this page on the
Council’s intranet / extranet site.

Alternatively, notice can be given to the Monitoring Officer (Tanya
Coulter) (in writing or by e-mail) to be received ON OR BY 5.15 pm
on 19 March 2025.

Details of the document the Portfolio Holder considered are
attached below.