Minutes:
The Head of Legal Services gave a brief overview of
the above report and advised Council of a typographical error on line 6 of the
recommendation where it refers to 2012, which should read 2017.
RESOLVED: 1. that any matters which normally require determination by Cabinet or
Cabinet Boards, or any other Committee or Sub Committee of the Council, and
which in the view of the Chief Executive, or a Corporate Director or a Head of Service
necessitates a decision to be taken during the period 3 May to 30 May, 2017,
then such Officer (s) in respect of matters within their Service functions,
shall have delegated power to take a decision and to authorise any action on
the matters in question, subject the use of the Pro forma attached and subject
also to the following :-
a. any decisions taken must comply with normal reporting format,
including compliance statement and reason for decision, except that
implementation shall be with immediate effect without any call-in requirement;
b. all decisions
shall be reported back to Members;
c.
this delegation will not include any determination of planning applications which
are normally determined by the Planning Committee, unless deemed urgent by the
Head of Planning in the context of statutory timescales; nor will it include
decisions on any planning matters deemed to be “controversial” in the view of
the Head of Planning. Any planning
applications dealt with under this delegation will be determined by the Head of
Planning.
d. in exercising the above delegated powers,
Officers will be required to consult with three Members as follows:
(i)
From 4 May to 17 May – the current Mayor or Deputy Mayor and two other Members
from different Political Groups (including one from any Majority Group);
(ii)
From 17 May to 31 May - the newly elected Leader or Deputy Leader (or in
their absence the newly elected Mayor or Deputy Mayor) and two other Members
from different Political Groups (including one from any Majority Group).
Subject in both cases to these
groups being constituted.
2. that the Mayor or Deputy Mayor be
authorised to be present at the opening
of tenders during the period set out in (i) above and
the Leader or Deputy Leader (or in their absence the Mayor or Deputy Mayor) during the period
set out in (ii) above.
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