Decision details

The purpose of this report is to seek agreement on the revised process for selection and election for the Children and Young People's Champion.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised to:

1.      Agree to the process outlined at option 3 of the report with the amendment that ballot boxes be used instead of ballot papers being collected by teaching staff.

2.      Agree the revised role description for the Children and Young People’s Champion as outlined in Paragraph 22 of the report and Appendix 1

3.      Agree to the election rules as outlined in paragraph 23 of the report and Annex 2.

4.      Agree to the election timetable as outlined in paragraph 24 of the report and Annex 3

5.      Agree that any final amendments to the rules, timetable, process and or delivery required be delegated to Officers and the Executive Members and Shadow Executive Members for Youth and Social Inclusion. The following alterations had been made to the documentation:

·        The Wording in paragraph 2 of Annex 1 to the report had been amended to read ‘The role of the Children and Young People’s Champion must be filled by an Elected Member who is preferably not a member of the Executive or Shadow Executive’. This amendment had also been reflected within the ‘Children and Young People’s Election Rules’.

·        The wording in paragraph 12 of Annex 2 had been amended to read ‘Every effort will be made to ensure as wide spread participation as possible’.

·        The wording in paragraph 13 of Annex 2 be amended to ‘Ballots will be run through primary, secondary and special schools within the City.’

The following delegations were made:

·        That the work to advertise the election on the YorOK website be delegated to Officers in consultation with the Executive and Shadow Executive Members for Youth and Social Inclusion

·        Officers make effort to ensure that eligible young people attending York College are able to vote.

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED:             That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed

REASON:                  To ensure that:

·        the vote is extended to the maximum amount of children and young people at a reasonable cost

·        that the role description fits with the new Constitution

·        a fair and transparent process for the election of a new Children and Young People’s Champion takes place

·        that the election of a new Children and Young People’s Champion takes place as swiftly as possible