Decision details
Governance Review
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To consider the findings of the Governance Review Working Group.
Decision:
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.
Report author: Colm Ó Caomhánaigh
Publication date: 23/01/2019
Date of decision: 22/01/2019
Decided at meeting: 22/01/2019 - Cabinet
Effective from: 30/01/2019
Accompanying Documents:
- CA_JAN2219R05 - Governance Review Report PDF 151 KB
- CA_JAN2219R06 - Governance Review Annex 1 PDF 108 KB
- CA_JAN2219R07 - Governance Review Annex 2 PDF 83 KB
- CA_JAN2219R08 - Governance Review Annex 3 PDF 77 KB
- CA_JAN2219R09 - Governance Review Annex 4 PDF 324 KB
- CA_JAN2219R10 - Governance Review Annex 5 PDF 61 KB
- CA_JAN2219R11 - Governance Review Annex 6 PDF 75 KB
- CA_JAN2219R45 - Governance Review Report PDF 527 KB