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KEY
DECISION     
 
Following
consideration of the officer report, appendices and discussion, the
Executive:
 

a.   
Approved the proposed Integration Plan for the
Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (HotSW LEP) and the transfer of the LEP functions
into the Council.

 

b.   
Delegated responsibility to the Service Director
– Economy, Employment and Planning, in consultation with the
Lead Member for Economic Development, Planning and Assets for
establishing the Somerset Economic Growth Board and the
implementation of the Integration Plan.

 

c.    
Delegated to the Executive Director –
Resources & Corporate Services (Section 151 Officer) to
finalise a transfer arrangement and agreements with Devon, Plymouth
and Torbay councils that cover operational implementation of the
LEP functions; allocations of LEP residual funding, resources, and
assets as set out in the finance and risk section.

 

d.   
Agreed the case for applying the exempt
information provision as set out in the Local Government Act 1972,
Schedule 12A and therefore to treat the attached confidential
Appendix 01 in confidence, as it contains commercially sensitive
information, and as the case for the public interest in maintaining
the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing that
information.

 
 
 
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS
CONSIDERED: As set out in the officer report
 
REASON FOR DECISION: As set out
in the officer report