Agenda item

Sheffield City Council Governance Referendum

To approve, with or without amendment, the recommendations in the report (to follow) of the Director of Legal and Governance (Monitoring Officer) on the result of the Sheffield City Council Governance Referendum and to outline the steps to be taken in consequence of its outcome.

 

Minutes:

10.1

RESOLVED: On the motion of Councillor Terry Fox, formally seconded by Councillor Julie Grocutt, that the City Council:-

 

 

 

(a) notes the outcome of the Sheffield City Council Governance Referendum, as outlined in the report of the Director of Legal and Governance circulated to all Members of the Council and published on the Council’s website on 14th May 2021;

 

 

 

(b) resolves to cease to operate executive arrangements and start to operate a committee system of governance with effect from the start of the 2022/23 Municipal Year;

 

 

 

(c) requests the Director of Legal and Governance to take the steps outlined in paragraph 3.1 of the report; and

 

 

 

(d) requests the Director of Legal and Governance, in consultation with the Leaders of the political groups on the Council, to take all steps necessary to develop and implement the change, as set out in paragraph 3.3 of the report, and to recommend the necessary changes to the Constitution, etc, reporting back to Full Council as and when necessary, such as to recommend the number and the functions of the new committees, their terms of reference, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

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