Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Service Delivery (copy enclosed).

The Committee considered the report of the Director of Service Delivery seeking approval and recommendation to the Council of proposed changes to the Scheme of Delegation in light of the recent restructuring of the Service Delivery directorate.

The report provided background information regarding the recent restructure of the Service Delivery directorate and the suggestion that delegated powers be redistributed to the Assistant Directors to reflect their functional responsibility. Appendix A to the report outlined the proposed changes to the Scheme of Delegation.

The Corporate Governance Project Officer presented the report and following this the Chairperson proposed that the recommendations as set out in the report be agreed. This proposal was duly seconded.

In response to a question regarding whether this was the appropriate time to be making such changes in light of the ongoing work by the Council to review its organisation, the Director of Service Delivery advised that the changes proposed would not impact because the delegation was at an Assistant Director level. He thanked the Corporate Governance Project Officer for his work on the proposed changes.

The Chairperson moved the recommendation and upon a vote being taken this was duly agreed.

RECOMMENDED

(i)             That the redistribution of the powers currently delegated to the Director of Service Delivery to the Assistant Directors - Service Delivery as proposed and shown at APPENDIX 3 to these Minutes, be agreed;

(ii)            That the consequential changes referred to in paragraphs 3.6 and 3.7 of the report, namely to the list of Proper Officer designations set out in the Scheme of Delegation (General Provisions) document in the Constitution, and the transfer of the delegated powers in relation to Neighbourhood Planning from the Director of Strategy and Resources to the relevant Assistant Director - Planning and Implementation, be agreed.