Agenda item

Tomlinson Review Update

Report of the Town Clerk.

Minutes:

Members considered a report of the Town Clerk with respect to the Tomlinson Review Update. The Town Clerk explained some proposed changes to the drafted composition, as proposed and agreed by the Policy & Resources Committee.

 

The new composition was suggested as:

 

Composition

·         The Chair and Deputy Chair of the Education Board

·         The Chair of the Policy & Resources Committee

·         Up to two further Members of the Policy & Resources Committee

·         Up to two further Members of the Education Board

·         One Member of the Finance Committee

·         Up to two Co-Opted Members (to be appointed by the Education Board and Policy & Resources Committee)

The Chair of the Education Board will act as Chair of the Working Party

The Chair of the Working Party will have the authority to invite Members and Officers to Working Party meetings in a consultative capacity.

 

It was noted that Policy & Resources Committee had agreed the co-opted appointment of Henry Colthurst and Alderman Alistair King to the Working Party. This was supported by the Board.

 

The Board wished to encourage the Finance Committee’s re-appointment of Jamie Ingham-Clark.

 

RESOLVED, that Members –

·         note the progress made to date by the Working Party and relevant departments;

 

·         endorse seeking approval for the reconstitution of the Working Party, noting that the Policy & Resources Committee prescribed a 3-month delivery time;

 

·         agree the refreshed Terms of References and Membership of the Working Party, as amended by the Policy & Resources Committee.

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