Decision details

Reason for urgency: This item was included on the published Executive work programme however identified as a non-key and a public report. During the drafting of the report, officers have determined that the report is key and the Chairman of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee has been notified and due to the item containing ‘exempt’ information as defined in paragraph 5 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, one of the appendices to the report should be restricted. The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee has been consulted and has agreed to the appendices being considered in private, having had regard to the urgency of the report.

Resolved

(1)          That the proposals for change and the actions taken by the Council to date be noted.

(2)          That, having given due consideration to the specialist advice to the Councils, the emerging Council response to the stage 1 consultation be endorsed.  

(3)          That agreement be given to hold an all member briefing at the end of March 2017 regarding the Council’s intended response to the stage 1 consultation proposals.