Decision details
‘Working Better Together’- Next Steps In Developing Hampshire County Council’s Relationships with Parish and Town Councils
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To consider a report of the Director of
Culture, Communities and Business Services providing an overview of
the recent engagement undertaken with Parish and Town Councils and
proposing joint initiatives to address some of the key feedback
from the workshops.
Decision:
That Cabinet:
1. Endorse the approach to ‘Working Better Together’ and support the proposed direction of travel to develop a closer working relationship with parish and town councils.
2. Support Parish and Town Councils to strengthen locality working and to take on greater roles and responsibility, where they choose to do so, through the use of existing grant programmes and the partnership approach with HALC.
3. Approve the development of a joint initiative with HALC to develop a locality focused approach and receive more detailed proposals for implementation through a further report to the Executive Member for Policy and Resources later in 2017.
4. Support a 3 year grant negotiation with HALC to enable them to provide full and ongoing support for the devolution and locality working agenda in partnership with Hampshire County Council.
Report author: John Tickle
Publication date: 19/06/2017
Date of decision: 19/06/2017
Decided at meeting: 19/06/2017 - Cabinet
Effective from: 09/09/2017
Accompanying Documents:
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