Issue - meetings

RESOLVED TO RECOMMEND

(1)   Agree to the establishment of the Hertfordshire Growth Board Joint Committee and Hertfordshire Growth Board Scrutiny Joint Committee and delegate such functions to the committees as set out in the annexed Hertfordshire Growth Board - Integrated Governance Framework and annexed Terms of Reference and Standing Orders for each committee.

(2)  Adopt the Hertfordshire Growth Board - Integrated Governance Framework into the Councils own constitutional framework and delegate authority to the Assistant Director, Corporate and Contracted Services to make any required changes to the Council’s constitution to give effect to the Governance Framework.

(3)  Agree that the Council’s nominated representative on the Hertfordshire Growth Board Committee shall be Councillor Andrew Williams as Leader of the Council and the approved substitute shall be Councillor  Margaret Griffiths as Deputy Leader

(4)   Delegate authority to the Leader of the Council to nominate the Council’s representative on the Hertfordshire Growth Board Scrutiny Joint Committee and approved substitute.

Decision

RESOLVED TO RECOMMEND

(1)    Agree to the establishment of the Hertfordshire Growth Board Joint Committee and Hertfordshire Growth Board Scrutiny Joint Committee and delegate such functions to the committees as set out in the annexed Hertfordshire Growth Board - Integrated Governance Framework and annexed Terms of Reference and Standing Orders for each committee.

(2)    Adopt the Hertfordshire Growth Board - Integrated Governance Framework into the Councils own constitutional framework and delegate authority to the Assistant Director, Corporate and Contracted Services to make any required changes to the Council’s constitution to give effect to the Governance Framework.

(3)    Agree that the Council’s nominated representative on the Hertfordshire Growth Board Committee shall be Councillor Andrew Williams as Leader of the Council and the approved substitute shall be Councillor  Margaret Griffiths as Deputy Leader

(4)     Delegate authority to the Leader of the Council to nominate the Council’s representative on the Hertfordshire Growth Board Scrutiny Joint Committee and approved substitute.

Corporate objectives

The proposed joint committee will support growth across Hertfordshire and will therefore help to ensure economic growth and prosperity.

Monitoring Officer

Local authorities are able to constitute joint committees with other authorities to discharge functions  as set out in Sections 101 and 102 of the Local Government Act 1972; Section 9EB of the Local Government Act 2000 and the Local Authorities (Arrangement for the Discharge of Functions) (England) Regulations 2012.

The functions proposed to be delegated to the Joint Committee are set out in section 4 of the Terms of Reference document annexed to this report but Members will note that Section 4.3 clarifies the specific statutory functions which are excluded from this delegation.

S151 Officer

There are no direct budgetary implications for DBC arising from the recommendations in this report. Any future DBC contributions to joint projects shall be subject to the Council’s internal approval processes, and membership of the Growth Board does not fetter its discretion. 

Advice

Councillor Williams introduced the report to members. The Herts Growth Board has been operating for the last few years and is made up of the 10 councils in Hertfordshire, represented by their Leader and Chief Executive. This report is going to all councils in Hertfordshire and requires agreement from them all for this to be effective. This committee would enhance the group’s negotiating position with the government.

There were no questions.

Recommendations agreed.