Agenda item

5.1

The Assistant Director (Governance), Alexander Polak, gave a presentation on Sheffield City Council’s transition to a committee system.

5.2

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.

5.3

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.

5.4

The Leader of the Council, post May 2022, will not have individual decision-making power. Decisions would now be made within political proportionate committees.

5.5

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.

5.6

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.

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.