Issue - meetings

The committee received a report introduced by the Electoral Services Manager.

In response to Members’ questions the Electoral Services Manager said the following:

      i.         There was no renumeration for the appointment of a Deputy Registration Officer from the Government. The Chief Executive Officer added that there had been some New Burdens funding for these changes, however we will not know if this is enough until we have gone through a cycle.

       ii.            Regarding 2.1 of the recommendation, the sentence “one or more” means that the Electoral Registration officer can appoint a deputy if the Electoral Services Manager became unavailable or if there were other provisions that were to come in after the elections act meaning that one would not be enough

    iii.         The Chief Executive Officer acting as Returning Officer stated that he already had the delegated authority to appoint Deputy Returning Officers. However, the power to appoint a Deputy Registration Officer lies with this Committee.

Resolved (by 5 votes to 0 – unanimous of those able to vote) to:

i.               Delegate to the ERO the power to appoint one or more deputies and to revoke or vary such appointments as necessary.

ii.              Note that if recommendation 2.1 is agreed, the ERO would be minded to appoint the Electoral Services Manager as Deputy ERO for Cambridge.