Agenda item

Pursuant to Cabinet Minute No. 72 (2023/24) the Service Director – Corporate submitted a report seeking approval for the Council to co-establish and participate in a new Joint Committee of Derby and Derbyshire Councils, the D2 Strategic Leadership Board.

RESOLVED –

1.      That the proposals for the establishment of the D2 Strategic Leadership Board and functions to be delegated to this Joint Committee in line with the Functions and Responsibilities document attached at Appendix 2 of the officer’s report, be approved.

2.      That the draft Terms of Reference, including the Introduction and Context, Functions and Responsibilities, Procedural Rules and Information Procedure Rules for the Strategic Leadership Board as set out in Appendix 2 of the officer’s report and the position detailed in those documents regarding scrutiny and co-option, be noted.

3.     That the Leader of the Council be appointed as the Council’s representative on the D2 Strategic Leadership Board and the Deputy Leader of the Council as substitute.

4.     That the intention for the D2 Strategic Leadership Board to be the body for the nomination of district and borough representatives to the East Midlands Combined County Authority (CCA), when established, be noted, subject to the CCA’s agreement that this be the mechanism.

5.     That the proposals for Derbyshire County Council to act as the host authority for the Joint Committee be agreed.

6.     That the proposal to dissolve the D2 Joint Committee for Economic Prosperity, the enactment of which is subject to the establishment of the D2 Strategic Leadership Board be approved and the Constitution be amended accordingly.

7.     That the proposal to dissolve the Vision Derbyshire Joint Committee, the enactment of which is subject to the establishment of the D2 Strategic Leadership Board be approved and the Constitution be amended accordingly.

8.     That the Council’s active participation in the D2 Strategic Leadership Board and the associated costs of taking forward the programme of work be approved.

9.     That as the functions of the Joint Committee are executive functions, Chesterfield Borough Council will not have the opportunity to co-opt additional members onto the Joint Committee and the ability to co-opt is restricted within the Terms of Reference.

10.     That in accordance with section 9F of the Local Government Act 2000, constituent authorities who operate executive arrangements would need to make formal scrutiny arrangements to review or scrutinise decisions made in connection with the exercise of the functions of the D2 Strategic Leadership Board, and it be noted that the Council’s existing scrutiny arrangements would apply.