Decision details

The Chief Executive Officer noted that the Members of the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel held an informal meeting on 22nd July 2021, at which they reviewed the draft Annual Report for Policing and Crime 2020/21 as submitted by the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner.

The Chief Executive noted the comments made by the Panel Members in reviewing the draft report and their recommendation that the draft report be approved. The Chief Executive approved the draft Annual Report for Policing and Crime 2020/21 under his emergency delegated powers.

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.

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 North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel has a statutory role to review the draft Annual Reports of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner and to make a report and recommendations on the draft.
• The Panel Members raised a number of questions regarding the content of the draft report with the Commissioner at their informal meeting of 22nd July 2021 and as a result were satisfied to recommended that the draft report be approved by the Chief Executive Officer.

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