Presentation by the Assistant Director (Governance)
Minutes:
7.1 |
The Head of Democratic Services, Jason Dietsch, gave a presentation on Sheffield City Council’s transition to a committee system.
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7.2 |
The presentation explained how the Council was transitioning from a Leader & Cabinet model to a Committee System from May 2022. This was following a referendum, where the public voted for Sheffield to change its governance arrangements.
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7.3 |
It was mentioned the Committee System would continue to evolve over the coming months and that there was a review in place, 6 months after implementation.
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Stakeholder’s, community groups and other authorities had been called to give evidence and suggestions for designing the new system, in which the Governance Committee considered all aspects before putting forward a final draft for Full Council.
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There will be 7 themed Policy Committees, each with a Chair and each politically proportionate. It was added that there will also be a Strategy & Resources Committee, chaired by the Leader of the Council, which dealt with cross cutting issues.
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In the new system, LACs will report to Full Council. LACs can also refer decisions to the relevant policy committee in the new system.
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7.7 |
The Head of Democratic Services referred to the Public Engagement Toolkit which highlighted a ‘menu of options’ which each committee could consider to ensure public were in the centre of decision making.
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