Agenda item

7.1

The Head of Democratic Services, Jason Dietsch, gave a presentation on Sheffield City Council’s transition to a committee system.

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.

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.

7.4

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.

7.5

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.

7.6

In the new system, LACs will report to Full Council. LACs can also refer decisions to the relevant policy committee in the new system.

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.