Issue - decisions

Matter for Decision

The Officer’s report set out an update on the key external partnerships that the Council was involved with.

Decision of the Leader:

i.             To continue to work with 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 that affect Cambridge and that the concerns of Cambridge citizens are 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 Strategy Officer.

The Committee made the following points in response to the report:

i.             Questioned where the £1 billion referred to in point 5 of paragraph 5.3 on p164 of the agenda came from.

ii.            Questioned democratic principles in partnership working and how resident’s views were considered.

iii.           Questioned how members could get involved in partnership working with other organisations.

In response to Members’ questions the Head of Corporate Strategy confirmed the following:

i.             The £1 billion referred to in point 5 of paragraph 5.3 on p164 derived from Local Enterprise Partnership funding, developer’s contributions from planning applications and any other relevant funding source (for example the New Homes Bonus).

The Leader made the following comments:

i.             The City Deal took decisions through a governance structure which had been set up under the previous Council administration.

ii.            The Council wanted to be a good partner. Partnership working had a role to play and it was right that the Council looked at local government and restructuring. Some partnerships could work better and could provide better ways of delivering services.

The Committee unanimously resolved to endorse the recommendations.

The Leader approved the recommendations.

Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Leader (and any Dispensations Granted)

No conflicts of interest were declared by the Leader.