Council received the report of the Group Head of Democracy and Governance.  This included a detailed report prepared on behalf of all the councils in Hertfordshire and the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) recommending to each authority and the LEP the setting up of a formal Joint Committee and Scrutiny Committee to manage and oversee the work of the Herts Growth Board.

RESOLVED –

1.          that Council agrees to the establishment of the Growth Board and Growth Board Scrutiny Joint Committees (The first Growth Board Joint Committee to take place in early 2021 and the implementation of the Growth Board Scrutiny Committee to be aligned to MHCLG confirmation of a Growth and Housing Deal) for the Hertfordshire Growth Board and that the Council becomes a member of both.

2.          that the Council adopts the Growth Board Integrated Governance Framework into its own constitutional framework.

3.          that Council nominates the Chair of Scrutiny, and the Vice Chair of Scrutiny the substitute member, as its representative to the Scrutiny Committee. (Nominees must not be members of the Executive).

4.          that Council notes that cabinet had appointed the Elected Mayor as the Council’s representative on the Joint Committee and that the Elected Mayor was given delegated authority to nominate a substitute representative as required.