Issue - meetings

To consider a report on the proposed operating arrangements of the Local Transport Board.

A report was considered which related to the establishment of a Joint Committee to act as the Local Transport Board for the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP). Officers considered that this new arrangement might have the potential for providing a better outcome for Redditch Borough.

The Committee was informed that, should the issue with Wyre Forest's respective allocations to the Worcestershire LEP and the GBSLEP not be resolved, Redditch Borough and Bromsgrove District Councils would need to arrange for alternative representation on the Joint Committee. Officers highlighted that scrutiny arrangements would also be developed for the Local Transport Board and delegated authority was sought to agree appropriate arrangements following consultation with lead Members.

RECOMMENDED that

1)         the creation of a Joint Committee to act as the Local Transport Board for the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise partnership in accordance with Section 102 of the Local Government Act 1972 be approved;

2)         functions relating to the approval of Local Transport schemes in the area of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise partnership and the bidding for and expenditure of funds devolved to the Joint Committee under the Local Major Transport Scheme capital funding be delegated to the Joint Committee (Local Transport Board);

3)         the Terms of Reference of the Local Transport Board as detailed at Appendix 3 to the report and the Local Transport Board Assurance Framework as detailed at Appendix 4 to the report be approved;

4)         Councillor J-P Campion for Wyre Forest District Council be appointed as the representative on the Local Transport Board to represent the Borough Council, Bromsgrove and Wyre Forest District Councils, with Councillor P Mould as the substitute representative; and

5)         authority be delegated to the Head of Legal, Equalities and Democratic Services to agree and enter into all necessary legal documents to effect the above decisions and to update the Council Constitution accordingly.