Decision details

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Approve the disestablishment of the existing Joint Committee of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Host Boroughs and the establishment, with immediate effect, of a new Growth Boroughs Joint Committee;

(ii)  Agree that the Council joins and participates as a member of the Growth Boroughs Joint Committee;

(iii)  Agree that the Council:

(a)  enters into and signs up to the revised Inter-Authority Agreement and the revised Memorandum of Understanding (Annex A to this report) and any other necessary documents to be entered into by or between the six Growth Boroughs, and

(b)  delegates power to the Chief Executive to do everything and give effect to any matter necessary to achieve the Joint Committee’s objectives.

(iv)  Agree the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee as specified in Appendix 1 to the Inter-Authority Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding;

(v)  Agree that all executive powers, duties and functions required to be executed by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham to facilitate the objectives of the Growth Boroughs Joint Committee are delegated to and be discharged by the Joint Committee; and

(vi)  Appoint Councillors Ashraf and Rodwell as the Council’s representatives on the new Growth Boroughs Joint Committee.