Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Board considered a report of the Town Clerk informing Members of the proposed steps to meet the requirement for the City to have its own Health and Wellbeing Board (H&WB) set up by April 2013 and sought endorsement of key considerations around that process.

The Secretary of State released draft regulations to enable the H&WB to have different governance processes in order to address the difficulties faced in relation to voting and more generally the application of local authority standing orders.

It was confirmed that a report would be considered at December Court for Members to agree the governance arrangements. Member elections would take place at January 2013 Court to appoint Members to the H&WB.

The Director of Community and Children’s Services and Assistant Town Clerk had met with the Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee to consider if a representative of the Policy and Resources Committee may be better placed as a Member on the H&WB rather than a representative from the Energy and Sustainability Sub Committee. 

The Terms of Reference of certain Committees, such as the Port Health and Environmental Services Committee, may need to be clarified as the remit of the H&WB becomes clearer.

RESOLVED: That:

                      i.        The steps to be taken to set up a Health and Wellbeing Board in the form of a standalone Committee of the Common Council, including the timetable for consultation outlined in paragraph 23 be noted; and

                    ii.        The following be considered and endorsed:

                                      I.        Terms of Reference of the H&WB

                                    II.        The Membership of the H&WB as at April 2013

                                   III.        The convention that the Chairman of the H&WB should be a Member of the Court of Common Council, to ensure a suitable representation at the Court of Common Council.