Issue - meetings

Report of the Leader and Cabinet Member for Strategic Growth is attached.

Councillor Eamonn O’Brien, Leader and Cabinet Member for Strategic Growth, presented the report which sought to stand down the Radcliffe Cabinet Committee and proposed a suitable way forward for Ward Councillor involvement in Radcliffe regeneration activity while allowing officers to move forward operational business in a timely manner. Members discussed the new arrangements, agreeing that they were a positive step forward to establish closer working between Councillors and officers, and offered a good model for other projects.

Decision:

Cabinet:

1.    Agreed that the Radcliffe Cabinet Committee be formally stood down; and

2.    Noted an informal Radcliffe Members’ Forum will be established to allow for Ward Councillor engagement.

Reasons for the decision:

To better streamline decision making processes and allow more meaningful cross-party engagement, and to facilitate the implementation of a collaborative forum with a wider, more strategic focus, based on the Radcliffe Strategic Regeneration Framework (SRF).

Other options considered and rejected:

To continue current arrangements; this option has been rejected as the existing meeting schedule has proved inconvenient for decision making, with Councillors not having input until late in the decision making process and papers often coming to Cabinet before they can be considered by the Radcliffe Cabinet Committee.