Decision Maker: Greater Cambridge Partnership Joint Assembly
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The Joint Assembly RECOMMEND that the Executive Board:
a) Agrees the Portfolios, the generic portfolio role description and their allocation between Board members (Appendix 1);
b) Agrees to the creation of the five, portfolio-themed informal Board and Joint Assembly Working Groups to bring the energy and expertise of Joint Assembly members to strategy and project development earlier and agrees their membership and terms of reference (Appendix 2);
c) Agrees Board meetings should be 2-monthly during 2018, with a review of frequency midway through the year;
d) Agrees there should be a longer interval between the Assembly and Board of around 3 weeks as soon as practicable and notes the proposed reporting improvements of that advice at appendix 3;
e) Agrees the principles for officer delegations and scheme of delegation for the Greater Cambridge Partnership in Appendix 4;
f) Notes and endorses the principles for the setting of the Joint Assembly work programme in Appendix 5;
g) Agrees to a review of governance arrangements commencing a year after implementation, to consider how effective the changes have been; and
h) Notes other actions taken to improve public questions and ensure all Executive Board member declarations of interest are up to date.
The Joint Assembly AGREED that, subject to the Executive Board’s decision on the package of measures to strengthen governance and member involvement (as summarised in recommendations a – h above), to:
a) Agree its nomination of members to the proposed Portfolio Working Groups as set out below:
Housing and Strategic Planning
Councillor Lewis Herbert *
Councillor Kevin Price
Councillor Tim Wotherspoon
Councillor John Williams
Andy Williams
Transport
Councillor Ian Bates *
Councillor Tim Bick
Councillor Noel Kavanagh
Sir Michael Marshall
Dr John Wells
Councillor Kevin Cuffley
Helen Valentine
Councillor Bridget Smith
Skills
Mark Reeve *
Councillor Bridget Smith
Sir Michael Marshall
Mark Robertson
Councillor Kevin Price
Councillor Kevin Cuffley
Smart Places
Councillor Francis Burkitt *
Claire Ruskin
Helen Valentine
Andy Williams
Councillor Tim Wotherspoon
Councillor John Williams
Councillor Dave Baigent
Economy and Environment
Professor Phil Allmendinger *
Councillor Tim Bick
Claire Ruskin
Dr John Wells
Councillor Noel Kavanagh
Councillor Grenville Chamberlain
Councillor Dave Baigent
* proposed Portfolio Holder/Executive Board Member;
b) Agree the draft principles for setting its Work Programme (at appendix 5 to the report), which set it within the overall Greater Cambridge Partnership governance framework; and
c) Agree to a Joint Assembly work shop on the work programme, to be scheduled around the turn of the year.
Publication date: 20/07/2017
Date of decision: 19/07/2017
Decided at meeting: 19/07/2017 - Greater Cambridge Partnership Joint Assembly
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