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ITEM EX10 - ANNEX 1

EXECUTIVE – 7 APRIL 2004

TRANSPORT IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE – REVIEW OF DELEGATION ARRANGEMENTS

Executive – 1 October 2002 – Minute 355/02

RESOLVED to:

    1. create a Transport Implementation Committee, comprising the Executive Members for Transport and Strategic Planning & Waste Management, to consider and determine:

        1. individual local highway, traffic and parking matters, including: the promotion and implementation of schemes within the ambit of the transport capital programme; the approval of any order, arrangement, agreement or other instrument required in relation to that matter; and the consideration of responses to consultation; and
        2. support for individual public transport services, including the conduct of area reviews and the authorisation of the making, variation or termination of service subsidy agreements;

      subject to positive notification to the local member(s) for each division directly affected by the schemes to be considered under this procedure to enable them to make their views known to both officers and Executive Members;

    2. adopt the rules and conventions set out in the report for the operation of the Committee.

The rules and convention referred to:

    • delegation would be subject to compliance with the Council's and the Executive's policies, budget and programme;
    • with a committee of only two, a meeting should be quorate only if both members are present;
    • it will be necessary for certain procedural purposes for one of the members to agree to act as standing Chair/Chairman/Chairwoman;
    • the relevant local member should be informed of any matter to be considered at a meeting of the committee;
    • the Leader of the Council and Deputy Leader of the Council would have the right to attend and speak, and to act as substitutes for either or both of the "main" members as the need may arise;
    • there should be a right on the part of either or both members of the committee to refer any matter up to the full Executive for determination.

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