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Contact: Democratic Services, Tel No: (01480) 388169 / e-mail: Democratic.Services@huntingdonshire.gov.uk
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Members' Interests To receive from Members declarations as to disclosable pecuniary, other registerable and non-registerable interests in relation to any Agenda item. See Notes below. Contact: Democratic Services - (01480) 388169 Decision: No declarations were received. |
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Local Government Reorganisation To receive a report which seeks to provide an overview of proposals for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough and seeks to enable Members to make an informed decision over what, if any, response the Council wishes to make within the timescales and processes established by Government.
Executive Councillor: S Conboy Contact: M Sacks (01480) 388116 Additional documents:
Decision: The Cabinet has
(a) noted the various options that have been presented relating to Local Government Reorganisation for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough;
(b) noted the criteria and process established by Government and that the Secretary of State will be the end decision-maker;
(c) considered and commented on the various options against the criteria identified, noting that the various options will be incorporated into a single submission made on behalf of all Councils in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough;
(d) considered the comments provided by the Overview and Scrutiny Joint Group and Full Council in respect of the proposals and the vote by Council to support any or none of the options presented.
(e) determined that the Council wishes to support Option E (noting that the Council can only support one option);
(f) delegated authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Executive Leader of the Council, to write to the Secretary of State and other Leaders & Chief Executives within Cambridgeshire & Peterborough to communicate the Council’s decision (rec E);
(g) delegated authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to complete and finalise a Foreword for the final business case in support of Option E. (rec E);
(h) based upon the final decision (rec E), delegated authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Executive Leader of the Council, to liaise with other Leaders and Chief Executives to make any final amendments to the single submission for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough in advance of submission to the Government; and
(i) delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with all Group Leaders and non-group aligned Members, to formulate and submit a response to any formal consultation on proposals for Local Government Reorganisation in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough. |