Agenda item

Executive Arrangements

The Leader has responsibility for the discharge of all executive functions, for the appointment of councillors to the Executive and for the determination of the individual portfolios to be allocated to the Portfolio Holders.

 

The Leader can choose to delegate any/all of the executive functions to the Executive as a whole; a committee of the Executive; an individual member of the Executive; an officer; an area committee; joint arrangements; local Member in relation to their ward, or another local authority.

 

The Leader to advise the Council in relation to

 

(a) the arrangements for the exercise of executive functions for the ensuing year;

 

(b) the appointment of councillors to the Executive;

 

(c) the individual portfolios to be allocated to the Portfolio Holders.

 

Minutes:

The Leader informed the Council that the Executive would remain as at present in the short term but she was in the process of restructuring it and hoped to advise Members of the revised structure shortly. However, Cllr Paul Deach would be joining the Executive with immediate effect.

 

The new arrangements would formally be reported to the Council at its meeting in July 2018.

 

The Leader reported that all decisions would be taken collectively by the Executive. She had not reserved any decisions to the office of the Council Leader and no individual decision making powers had been delegated to Portfolio Holders.