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Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, Town Hall, Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex CM15 8AY

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274.

To appoint a Member to preside at the meeting if the Mayor nor the Deputy Mayor are present and able to preside

Minutes:

The Mayor and Deputy Mayor were both present at the meeting.

275.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Cllrs Hirst, Jakobsson and Mrs Davies.

 

 

276.

Declaration of Interest from Members and Officers

Minutes:

There was none at this stage.

277.

Brentwood/Rochford Partnership pdf icon PDF 248 KB

Report to follow

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members were asked to approve the creation of a formal strategic partnership between Brentwood Borough Council (the Council) and Rochford District Council (RDC) in accordance with Heads of Terms agreed between the two councils.

 

To approve the drawdown of £300,000 to programme resource the Transformation Unit and for the implementation of the organisational structure required to deliver the strategic outcomes of the partnership.

 

To consider the recommendations made by the Audit & Scrutiny Committee following their pre-scrutiny of this report on 12 January 2022 and the additional recommendations made by the Rochford District Council’s Review Committee on 13 January 2022.

 

Mr Summers informed Members of an amendment to recommendation 8, to state the inclusion of the Audit & Scrutiny Committee (Brentwood) together with the Review Committee (Rochford).

 

Cllr Nolan, Chair of the Audit & Scrunty Committee presented a brief overview of the meeting on 12 January 2022 and the recommendations from that meeting that have been included in this report.

 

Cllr Hossack advised that the Leader and Deputy Leader of Rochford District Council, Cllr’s Wootton and Roe, were in attendance. Cllr Hossack also thanked officers, especially Steve Summers and Angela Hutchings for their work on the partnership arrangements and the work over the last 6 months by Mr Stephenson at the Interim Chief Executive for both authorities.

 

Cllr Hossack MOVED and Cllr Nolan SECONDED the recommendations within the report.

 

After a full discussion, Cllr Lewis MOVED and Cllr Aspinell SECONDED an amendment to the recommendation to include:

 

not more than six months from the date of the agreement there will be an evaluation and review of and these there are five points:-

 

1.          the performance and effectiveness of the partnership  

2.          the impact of the partnership upon the council's staff  

3.          impact of the partnership upon the council and its finances  

4.          whether or not the partnership is in the best interests of the council  

5.          to evaluate and review the partnership annually in accordance with paragraphs one to four above with a written report being  brought before full council for consideration by members  

 

 

Cllr Hossack, the MOVER of the motion, did not accept the amendment.

 

Members expressed concerns over lack of consultation with residents and the scrutiny of the partnership arrangement.

 

After a full discussion, a vote was taken by a show of hands and the motion was LOST.

 

Members returned to the SUBSTANTIVE MOTION.

 

Cllr Lewis MOVED and Cllr Aspinell SECONDED an amendment to the substantive motion to include finance pressures relating to resource.

 

Cllr Hossack, the MOVER of the motion, did not accept the amendment.

 

After clarification from Officers, Cllr Lewis WITHDREW his amendment.

 

A recorded vote was requested by Cllrs Aspinell, Hossack, Parker, Laplain and Mynott and was taken in accordance with Procedure Rule 9.5.

 

The members voted as follows:

 

FOR: Cllrs Barber, Bridge, J Cloke, Gelderbloem, Heard, Hones, Hossack, McLaren, Nolan, Parker, Pearson, Poppy, Pound, Reed, Russell, Sanders, Tanner, Tierney, Wagland, White and Wiles (21)

 

AGAINST: Cllrs Aspinell, Barrett, Dr Barrett, S Cloke, Cuthbert, Fryd, Fulcher, Haigh, Kendall,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 277.

278.

Urgent Business

To consider any matter which, by reason of special circumstances to be specified in the minutes of the meeting, the Mayor considers should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

 

 

The meeting ended at 20.08