Decision details

To continue to work with our key external partnerships (LEP, City Deal, Cambridge Community Safety Partnership, Health and Wellbeing Board, Children’s Trust) to ensure that public agencies and others can together address the strategic issues affecting Cambridge and that the concerns of Cambridge citizens are responded to.

To review progress with implementing the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority since the S&R meeting on 23 January 2017.

Matter for Decision

The Officer’s report provided an update on the key external partnerships the Council was involved with as part of a commitment given in the Council’s “Principles of Partnership Working”.

Decision of the Leader and Executive Councillor for Strategy and Transformation

     i.        Approved the continued work with key external partnerships (LEP, City Deal, Cambridge Community Safety Partnership, Health and Wellbeing Board, the Children’s Trust and the Combined Authority) to ensure those public agencies and others can together address the strategic issues affecting Cambridge and that the concerns of Cambridge citizens were responded to.

Reason for the Decision

As set out in the Officer’s report.

Any Alternative Options Considered and Rejected

Not applicable.

Scrutiny Considerations

The Committee received a report from the Head of Corporate Strategy.

It was noted that section 5.26, (P279) needed to be amended as Councillor Bick no longer chaired the City Deal Assembly.

The Leader said the following in response to Members’ questions:

     i.        Proposed that Section 9 relating to the Health and Wellbeing Board be referred to Community Services Scrutiny Committee in June.

    ii.        Agreed that the City Council’s representatives on the various Health Partnership bodies should raise the issue of homelessness as a priority and seek to gain partnership engagement in addressing issues surrounding homelessness and rough sleeping in the City.

The Committee unanimously resolved to endorse the recommendation.

The Executive Councillor approved the recommendation.

Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Executive Councillor

No conflicts of interest were declared by the Executive Councillor.