Presentation by the Assistant Director (Governance)
Minutes:
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The Assistant Director (Governance), Alexander Polak, gave a presentation on Sheffield City Council’s transition to a committee system. |
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The presentation explained how the Council was transitioning from a Cabinet Leader 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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It was mentioned that the draft arrangements, put forward by the Governance Committee, had been agreed unanimously by Full Council at their extraordinary meeting on the 23 March 2022.
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The Leader of the Council, post May 2022, will not have individual decision-making power. Decisions would now be made within political proportionate committees.
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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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It was highlighted that LAC’s are key and remained part of the new system. LAC’s will report to Full Council and can also refer issues to a relevant policy committee.
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5.7 |
The Assistant Director (Governance) referred to the Public Engagement Toolkit which highlighted a ‘menu of options’ which each committee could consider when engaging with the public.
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