Decision Maker: Chief Executive Officer
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The Chief Executive Officer considered the
report presented at the informal meeting of Executive members held
on 13 July 2021. Having taken account of the proposed amendments
outlined in the report and the comments made by Executive Members,
he resolved for the reasons set out below in this decision
record:
i. To recommend to full Council using his emergency delegated
powers that the Chair of the IRP be included in future interview
panels for new IRP members
ii. That a decision on the other three proposals made by the IRP
(as detailed in paragraph 3.3 of the report), be deferred until
further investigation and discussions have taken place with the
IRP
By whom: Richard Flinton, Chief Executive Officer, under his
emergency delegated powers and after consultation with the
Executive Members
Under his delegated decision making powers in
the Officers’ Delegation Scheme in the Council’s
Constitution, the Chief Executive Officer has power, in cases of
emergency, to take any decision which could be taken by the
Council, the Executive or a committee.
Following on from the expiry of the Local Authorities and Police
and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and
Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations
2020 (“the 2020 Regulations”), which allowed for
committee meetings to be held remotely, the County Council resolved
at its meeting on 5 May 2021 that, for the present time, in light
of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic circumstances, remote
live-broadcast committee meetings should continue (as informal
meetings of the Committee Members), with any formal decisions
required being taken by the Chief Executive Officer under his
emergency decision making powers and after consultation with other
Officers and Members as appropriate and after taking into account
any views of the relevant Committee Members. This approach will be
reviewed by full Council at its July meeting.
The Chief Executive Officer took all relevant information into
account in exercising his emergency delegated powers in this
matter, including considering the views of the members of the
Executive.
The reasons for the decision in this matter are detailed in the
attached report (the report will be attached to the online decision
record)
N/A.
Publication date: 15/07/2021
Date of decision: 13/07/2021