Further to Minute 58 (8 September 2009), received a report from the Corporate Director of Resources on the outcome of the public consultation on the proposed new executive arrangements for the Council and the steps to be taken to formally adopt the preferred model by 31 December 2009, for implementation in May 2010.
Agreed, in order for the Council to comply with its statutory duties under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (LGPIH 2007), to:
(i) Reaffirm, in light of the outcome of the public consultation, the decision taken by the Assembly in May 2007 to support the model of a strengthened indirectly elected Leader and Cabinet as summarised in paragraph 3.3 of the report; and
(ii) Recommend the Assembly, at its specially convened meeting on 9 December 2009, to:
(a) ratify that decision, which shall become effective from the third day after the Municipal elections in 2010 (at midnight on 9 May 2010),
(b) agree that the power to remove the Leader at any time by way of a vote of no confidence be vested in the Assembly, and
(c) agree that any consequential changes arising from this decision be incorporated into the Council’s Constitution at the appropriate time.