Agenda item

It was moved by Councillor Smith,

Seconded by Councillor Chahal,

“That Council note the recommendations of Cabinet on 5^th March 2024 -

1. Approve the setting up of a joint committee across the six Berkshire local authorities to exercise executive functions in relation to economic prosperity.

2. Delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Executive Director of Finance and Commercial, to agree and enter into an inter-authority agreement between the six Berkshire local authorities to facilitate decision-making by the Berkshire Prosperity Board Joint Committee (BPB)

That Council resolves -

3. Approval of the functions and procedure rules for the Berkshire Prosperity Board Joint Committee (BPB) as set out in Appendix 1 be added to Part 3.5 of the Constitution;

4. Delegated authority to the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to amend the Constitution to make minor amendments to the functions and procedure rules for the BPB and to amend other parts of the Constitution, including Article 13 – Decision Making, Part 4.2 - Access to Information Procedure Rules and Part 4.4 of the Executive Procedure Rules, to take account of the existence of the BPB.

The recommendations were put to the vote and agreed with 38 votes for and 1 abstention.

Resolved  -

“That Council note the recommendations of Cabinet on 5^th March 2024 -

1. Approve the setting up of a joint committee across the six Berkshire local authorities to exercise executive functions in relation to economic prosperity.

2. Delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Executive Director of Finance and Commercial, to agree and enter into an inter-authority agreement between the six Berkshire local authorities to facilitate decision-making by the Berkshire Prosperity Board Joint Committee (BPB)

That Council resolves -

3. Approval of the functions and procedure rules for the Berkshire Prosperity Board Joint Committee (BPB) as set out in Appendix 1 be added to Part 3.5 of the Constitution;

4. Delegated authority to the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to amend the Constitution to make minor amendments to the functions and procedure rules for the BPB and to amend other parts of the Constitution, including Article 13 – Decision Making, Part 4.2 - Access to Information Procedure Rules and Part 4.4 of the Executive Procedure Rules, to take account of the existence of the BPB.