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SELEP - Revised Governance Arrangements

Meeting: 30/01/2020 - Policy and Resources Scrutiny Committee (Item 777)

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Minute 704 (Cabinet Book 3, Agenda Item No. 18 refers)

Referred direct by Cabinet

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered Minute 704 of the meeting of Cabinet held on 16th January 2020, which had been referred direct to Scrutiny, together with a report of the Executive Director (Legal and Democratic Services), proposing revisions to the governance arrangements of the SELEP in the light of the central government requirement for Local Enterprise Partnerships to set up a company.

 

Resolved:


That the following recommendations of Cabinet, be noted:-

 

“Recommended:-

 

1. That the Council will become a member of South East LEP Limited with Articles of Association as set out at Appendix 1 to the submitted report.

 

2. That the framework agreement be signed in the form at Appendix 2 to the report.

 

3. That the Leader will be the Council’s initial member of the Board with the Deputy Leader as alternate director.

 

4. That the Leader will be the Council’s initial member of the Accountability Board with the Deputy Leader as principal substitute.”

 

Note: This is a Council Function

Cabinet Member: Cllr Gilbert


Meeting: 16/01/2020 - Cabinet (Item 704)

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Report of Executive Director (Legal and Democratic Services) attached

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Cabinet considered a report of the Executive Director (Legal and Democratic Services) proposing revisions to the governance arrangements of the SELEP in the light of the central government requirement for Local Enterprise Partnerships to set up a company.

 

Recommended:-

 

1.  That the Council will become a member of South East LEP Limited with Articles of Association as set out at Appendix 1 to the submitted report.

 

2.  That the framework agreement be signed in the form at Appendix 2 to the report.

 

3.  That the Leader will be the Council’s initial member of the Board with the Deputy Leader as alternate director.

 

4.  That the Leader will be the Council’s initial member of the Accountability Board with the Deputy Leader as principal substitute.

 

Reasons for Decision

           

All Local Enterprise Partnerships are now required by central government to set up a company.

 

Other Options

 

To have the new company employing the secretariat and receiving and distributing the funding – but this would involve a lot of legal and financial structures and the consensus is that the costs and bureaucracy involved in this outweighs the benefits. 

 

Note: This is a Council Function

Referred direct to Policy and Resources Scrutiny Committee

Cabinet Member: Cllr Gilbert


 

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