Issue - meetings

Recommendations:

The Executive is asked to approve:

(a)        The Implementation Plan at Appendix A to the report.

(b)        The Implementation Team as identified in paragraph 4.11 of the report.

Considered – A report of the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services) and Monitoring Officer presenting the proposed governance arrangements for implementation of the new unitary council for North Yorkshire.

Barry Khan, Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services) introduced the report and the draft implementation plan, which had been previously approved by the informal Implementation Executive.

The report provided an overview of the steps taken to date, and confirmed that the Implementation Executive had now been replaced by the Executive of North Yorkshire County Council.

Attention was drawn to the key priorities within the draft Implementation Plan and Members noted the three additional work streams introduced alongside the original fifteen listed in the report. 

Members also recognised the successful collaborative working of the County Council and the District/Borough Councils to date, and the need to continue in that vein, in order to achieve the new Authority’s ambitions.

County Councillor Gareth Dadd drew attention to the potential savings and the 5-year timeframe in which they were to be achieved, recognizing that alongside improved localism, it was the biggest driver for the successful transition to the new unitary Authority

All Members voted in favour of the recommendations and it was

Resolved – That:

The Executive approved:

(a)        The Implementation Plan at Appendix A of the report;

(b)        The Implementation Team as identified in paragraph 4.11 of the report.