Issue details

To consider revisions to the areas of executive responsibility for 2013-14 and to the scheme of delegations of decisions to Executive Members.

The Council's Standing Orders with respect to Meetings allows the Executive Leader to determine the areas of executive responsibility and to discharge Executive functions in accordance with S9E Local Government Act 2000 (SO 31 & 32).

The portfolios for 2013-14 were reviewed and determined on 9 May 2013 but some modifications are now necessary to achieve an improved working arrangement.

The Executive Leader therefore gives notice that he intends to implement the following revisions from 1 February 2014:

(a)       the amendment of the name of the portfolio for Strategic Planning and Environment to Planning and Development;

(b)       the areas of responsibility for the functions of Equalities, ICT, Personnel and Performance Management including Systems Thinking be moved from the Policy and Resources portfolio to the Public Protection portfolio, as set out in Appendix A;

(c)        the scheme of delegations to Executive Members be amended to:

                 i.          move the minor amendments to the housing allocations scheme and the approval of proposals under the Homelessness Action Fund from the Executive Member for Leisure and Community to the Executive Member for Health and Housing; and

                ii.          move the Community Fund Applications from the Executive Leader to the Executive Member for Leisure and Community,

as set out in Appendix B to this report.