Meeting documents

To consider report and implementation plan

The Committee considered a report from the Council’s Programme Manager for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), Alastair Higton, which outlined proposals for developing the proposed LGR work plan for the Committee. The core / key piece of work for the Committee was the new Constitution which must be agreed at the February 2023 meeting of SCC Full Council.

The Committee said that Local Community Networks (LCNs) needed to be included in the work plan and Planning and Licensing functions needed to be a key focus. The Committee:

(a)          Noted the LGR Implementation Plan.

(b)          Approved the following items, listed in section 1.3 of the report to the Committee’s forward plan and with the addition of LCN’s: -

·         Civic arrangements

·         Governance framework

·         Democratic arrangements – including how planning and licensing functions will be delivered

·         Constitution

·         Scheme of delegation

·         Contract Standing Orders

·         Financial Regulations

·         Taunton Town Council Community Governance Order

(c)           That an informal workshop for the Committee be arranged at the earliest opportunity (date to be agreed) to look at the Constitution and other matters and the forward work plan.

(d)          That in preparation for the workshop, the Monitoring Officer shared the link to the current SCC Constitution and other Councils which have been through LGR process (Dorset, Wiltshire, Buckinghamshire and Cornwall).