Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Chief Executive, (copy enclosed).

The Council considered the report of the Chief Executive presenting a report on the Committee Structure Review undertaken by BDO (attached as Appendix 2 to the report).

BDO had been commissioned to deliver a review of the Council’s committee structure and the terms of reference for the review were attached as Appendix 1 to the report.

It was noted that both the BDO review and the recent Peer Review had concluded that there were changes which could be made to the Council’s governance arrangements.  The report sought approval to set up a Member and Senior Officer Task and Finish Working Group to plan for and manage future challenges and deliver the Council’s corporate goals.

The Leader of the Council presented the report and commended recommendation (i) as set out in the report.  She advised that after careful consideration the majority of Members felt that recommendation (ii) was inappropriate and did not consider a Task and Finish Working Group the best means of delivery, but instead through a Member led activity in the first instance reporting back to the Council.  The Leader proposed therefore that recommendation (i) be agreed and a Member led activity takes place to consider the recommendations set out in the report from BDO and report back to the Council in six months’ time.  This was duly agreed.

RESOLVED

(i)              that the Council considers and notes the report of BDO on the Committee Structure Review attached at Appendix 2 to the report;

(ii)            that a Member led activity take place to consider the recommendations set out in the report from BDO and report back to the Council in six months’ time (October 2017).