Issue - meetings

This reportproposes that Cabinet agrees to dissolve the Leeds City Region Leaders’ Board on 31 March 2015. This is in order to allow the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to establish an advisory Leeds City Region Partnership Committee, to allow the Combined Authority to begin to act as the principal accountable body for funding relating to City Region economic development and regeneration activities from 1 April 2015.

Resolved: That Cabinet agree to:

(i)           Note that the Leeds City Region Leaders’ Board endorsed the proposal to dissolve itself on 31 March 2015, and that the West Yorkshire Combined Authority has resolved to appoint a Leeds City Region Partnership Committee to be established on 1 April 2015; 

(ii)      Dissolve the City Region Leaders’ Board on 31 March 2015;

(ii)          Delegate authority to the Assistant Director of Governance and ICT to take all necessary steps to dissolve the Leeds City Region Leaders’ Board.

Reason:    To enable revised governance arrangements to take effect for the Leeds City Region.

Consideration was also given to a report which highlighted that the West Yorkshire Combined Authority was not currently represented on the Leeds City Region Leaders’ Board, a joint committee appointed by authorities within the Leeds City Region, to discharge economic development and regeneration functions. It was noted that this could pose operational difficulties from 1 April 2015, when the Authority began to act as the principal accountable body for funding relating to City Region economic development and regeneration activities.

Members noted that if the proposal was rejected it would create operational difficulties and urgent consultation would be required with the other partner authorities

Resolved: That Cabinet agree to:

(i)           Note that the Leeds City Region Leaders’ Board endorsed the proposal to dissolve itself on 31 March 2015, and that the West Yorkshire Combined Authority has resolved to appoint a Leeds City Region Partnership Committee to be established on 1 April 2015; 

(ii)      Dissolve the City Region Leaders’ Board on 31 March 2015;

(ii)          Delegate authority to the Assistant Director of Governance and ICT to take all necessary steps to dissolve the Leeds City Region Leaders’ Board.

Reason:    To enable revised governance arrangements to take effect for the Leeds City Region.