Report No.105/2019

Report No.105/2019 was received from the Strategic Director for People. Mr Walters, Portfolio Holder for Safeguarding – Adults, Public Health, Health Commissioning and Community Safety introduced the report the purpose of which was to:

1.    Seek Cabinet approval for modest streamlining changes to the Terms of Reference for the East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group (ELRCCG) and Rutland County Council (RCC) Section 75 Agreement Partnership Board

2.    Request that henceforth authority to approve minor changes to the Section 75 Agreement and Terms of Reference for the Partnership Board were delegated by Cabinet to the Partnership Board. As the Portfolio Holder for Health is a member of the Partnership Board, it will be up to them to assess whether any proposed changes are minor.

During discussions the following points were noted:

·         Mr Walters, Portfolio Holder for Safeguarding – Adults, Public Health, Health Commissioning and Community Safety, requested that there be an amendment to the proposed membership as set out in the terms of reference, paragraph 3 of the report, so that any decisions made would require one representative from the CCG but two from RCC; both a Member and an officer.

·         Paragraph 12.2 of the report requested delegation of authority to make minor  amendments which would not include any significant changes to the budget.

DECISIONS

Cabinet:

1.    APPROVED proposed membership and quoracy changes to the Rutland Section 75 Partnership Board, as set out in its Terms of Reference but subject to the amendment proposed by Councillor Walters, which would require decisions to be made by both an RCC officer and Member.

2.    AUTHORISED the Partnership Board to approve minor changes to the Terms of Reference and operation of the Partnership Board under delegated authority from Cabinet.

Reasons for the decisions:

The proposed changes to the governance of the Section 75 Partnership Board Agreement are recommended:

a.    To sustain an appropriate breadth of representation on the Board, without impeding decision-making if full attendance is not possible.

b.    To improve the balance of participation across the two participating organisations, reflecting the maturity of this well-established partnership mechanism.

The delegation of authority to make minor amendments to the Section 75 Agreement is requested to protect Cabinet time for significant decision-making