Issue - meetings

This report presents proposals for the establishment of a Joint Committee, to be known as the Leeds City Region Leaders’ Board, which will enable the Council to play an active part in the development of the City Region agenda.

Members considered a report which presented proposals for the establishment of a Joint Committee, to be known as the Leeds City Region Leaders’ Board (the Board).

The Leeds City Region included the five West Yorkshire Districts, plus Craven, Harrogate, Selby and York in North Yorkshire and Barnsley in South Yorkshire.  The Political Leaders of the 11 Partner Councils had made a collective commitment to work together for the benefit of the Region and deliver sustainable economic growth and improved competitiveness.  This matter had been considered by Urgency Committee on 17 July 2006.

On 11 September 2006, the City Region Leaders had agreed to develop a formal structure.  To this end, an Agreement had been drawn up to establish the Board as a joint committee.  The Agreement, details of which had been agreed by City Region Leaders, was attached as Annex 1.  Each Partner Authority would appoint its Leader as its representative on the Board.  It was proposed that the new arrangements would commence from 1 April 2007 and that the Board’s first meeting would take place on 2 April.