Issue - meetings
Procedure Update: Councillor Call for Action Protocol
Meeting: 08/12/2020 - General Purposes Committee (Item 4)
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Additional documents:
- Appendix. 1 Councillor Call for Action Protocol, item 4 PDF 627 KB
- Webcast for Procedure Update: Councillor Call for Action Protocol
Minutes:
Adam Boey, Senior Strategy and Policy Manager, briefly introduced the report and explained that the Councillor Call for Action (CCfA) guide had been developed as part of the Strengthening Local Democracy Framework. It allows for Councillors to raise issues or matters of local concern and affecting their ward for consideration by Overview and Scrutiny Committee. The Localism Act 2011 broadens this so that a Councillor can refer matters which are not restricted to local government.
It was noted that the CCfA is a ‘last resort’ means and Councillors must demonstrate that other methods or resolution have been exhausted first. The report sought the Committee’s approval for the Constitution to be amended to include the CCfA procedure and guide.
Members welcomed the report and were supportive of this process. Members expressed a need for adequate and sound training on the procedure on how and when to use this process appropriately and suggested that a suitable communication strategy is developed to promote and inform members of this.
It was agreed that a training package would be developed and lead by Sharon Godman, Service Head Corporate Strategy, Policy and Performance and supported through the Member Learning and Development Programme.
Accordingly, the General Purposes Committee
RESOLVED
1. That the Councillor Call for Action (CCfA) Guide be approved.
2. That the Councillor Call for Action (CCfA) Guide is to be added to the main Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules in Part B of the Council’s Constitution.