Issue - meetings

The report presents proposals to establish a Golden Triangle Partnership Board, which will oversee the works of the Golden Triangle, set the strategic vision for the partnership and agree any future projects, and asks the Executive to nominate the Council’s representatives on the Board.

RESOLVED: (i)         That Option 1, to establish the Golden Triangle Partnership Board, be approved.

                        (ii)        That the Executive Member for Housing Services and the Head of Housing Services be nominated to represent the City of York Council on the Board, and that their names be included on the list of appointments to be approved at the Annual Council meeting on 22 May 2008.

REASON:      To ensure the effective delivery of the priorities established within the Golden Triangle Partnership.

                        (iii)       That the minutes of any meetings of the Board be added to the list of minutes of Partnerships and Outside Bodies to be made available on the intranet and reported to full Council.

REASON:      To ensure that the Board’s decisions are properly communicated to Council Members.

Members considered a report which presented proposals to establish a Golden Triangle Partnership (GTB) Board, which would oversee the work of the Partnership and set its strategic vision, and asked them to nominate the Council’s representatives on the Board.

The GTP was a three-way partnership between housing and planning officers in Leeds City Council, Harrogate Borough Council and City of York Council.  The establishment of a Board (Option 1) was recommended on the grounds that it would ensure that the three partner local authorities were clearly setting a strategic direction for the Partnership.  Option 2 was to maintain the existing structure, which had at times resulted in conflicting priorities and had recently led to questions being made regarding future funding for the GTP.

Membership of the Board would comprise Executive Members with responsibility for the housing portfolio in each authority, Chief Housing Officers from each authority and the Project Manager.  Input from other stakeholder representatives or specialists might be drawn in as appropriate.

Having noted the advice of the Shadow Executive on this item, it was

RESOLVED: (i)         That Option 1, to establish the Golden Triangle Partnership Board, be approved.¹

                        (ii)        That the Executive Member for Housing Services and the Head of Housing Services be nominated to represent the City of York Council on the Board, and that their names be included on the list of appointments to be approved at the Annual Council meeting on 22 May 2008.²

REASON:      To ensure the effective delivery of the priorities established within the Golden Triangle Partnership.

                        (iii)       That the minutes of any meetings of the Board be added to the list of minutes of Partnerships and Outside Bodies to be made available on the intranet and reported to full Council.

REASON:      To ensure that the Board’s decisions are properly communicated to Council Members.