Issue - meetings

Report of Monitoring Officer

Lead Cabinet member: Councillor Stephen Holt

(Key decision):

(1) To consider the draft updated and aligned Scheme at Appendix 1 to the report and approve all executive delegations.

(2) To refer its approval to Full Council for noting.

The Cabinet considered the report of the Monitoring Officer, which set out the need for an updated and aligned scheme of delegations to officers, and to outline key amendments to the current version.

The Lawyer and Data Protection Officer was in attendance remotely to present the report, on behalf of the Monitoring Officer. The document had extensive consultation prior to Cabinet, which included a meeting of the cross-party Constitution Working Group and consideration by the Audit and Governance Committee, at its meeting on 5 October 2023.

Resolved (Key decision):

(1) To consider the draft updated and aligned Scheme at Appendix 1 to the report and approve all executive delegations.

(2) To refer its approval to Full Council for noting.

Reason for decision:

Eastbourne’s existing Scheme has not been fully updated since 2015, leading to lack of clarity over certain officer powers and difficulty with implementation.