Decision details

To consider the findings of the Governance Review Working Group.

The following amended recommendations proposed by Councillor Heathcoat were agreed:

To:

(a)  Request the Task Group to explore further the idea of establishing Area Committees with budgets addressing how they relate to City and District Councils;

(b)  And to give consideration to how we can better improve the work of locality groups;

(c)  Request the Chairmen of Scrutiny Committees to ensure that time is allowed in their work programmes to discuss policy development matters;

(d)  Request facilities management to draw up plans to reformat the rooms on the members’ corridor to provide some shared members’  facilities in place of political group rooms; and

(e)  Request that the Task Group come back to Cabinet on the implementation of these changes.