Decision details
Election of Chair to the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Decision Maker: Chief Executive Officer
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
The Chief Executive Officer considered the
recommendation of the Members of the North Yorkshire Police, Fire
and Crime Panel at their informal meeting held on Thursday 22nd
July 2021, and agreed that Councillor Carl Les be appointed Chair
to the Panel until July 2022, for the reasons set out below in this
decision record.
By whom: Richard Flinton, Chief Executive Officer, under his
emergency delegated powers and after consultation with the Members
of the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel.
Please note that as a non-executive decision by an officer, this
decision is not open to call-in.
Reasons for the decision:
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 has taken all relevant information into
account in exercising his emergency delegated powers in this
matter, including considering the views of the North Yorkshire
Police, Fire and Crime Panel Members.
The reasons for the decision in this matter are as follows:
•The Police, Fire and Crime Panel must appoint a Chair,
annually, at its July meeting for a term of one year.
•The Chair must come from the Appointed (councillor) Members
to the Panel.
•At their informal meeting of 22nd July 2021, Councillor Carl
Les was nominated and seconded by Members of the Panel.
•There were no additional nominations for Chair and Panel
Members gave their approval to recommending that Cllr Les be
recommended as Panel Chair until July 2022.
Alternative options considered:
N/A.
Publication date: 26/07/2021
Date of decision: 22/07/2021