Decision Maker: Chief Executive Officer
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
To approve equality and diversity
statement
The Chief Executive Officer considered the
report presented at the informal meeting of the Executive Members
held on 22 June 2021. Having taken account of the draft Minutes
from that meeting, he resolved, for the reasons set out below in
this decision record, to recommend the revised draft Equality,
Diversity and Inclusion Policy Statement for approval to Full
Council on 21 July 2021.
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 Executive
Members.
The reasons for the decision in this matter are detailed in the
attached report
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Publication date: 23/06/2021
Date of decision: 22/06/2021
Effective from: 01/07/2021
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