Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendation (1-4) with the inclusion of 5. above.

The Chief Executive provided an overview of regional collaboration in North Wales which demonstrated that commitments under the National Compact were being met and that the Council was acting as a positive regional partner.  It also enabled the Council to make suitable arrangements to govern, review and evaluate collaborative working.

Collaboration projects ranged in type and scale; some were restricted to collaboration within local government, some were cross public service and some operated at a national scale.

There were four stages that progress of the status of collaborations could be tracked by which were detailed in the report.

The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment suggested that a report on the summary of collaboration projects be submitted to the Community Profile and Partnerships Overview & Scrutiny Committee as many issues ran parallel with topics for Corporate Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee which was agreed.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the progress made by North Wales as a progressive region and by Flintshire as a progressive Council be noted;

(b)       That the summary of collaboration be received to be assured that the Council is meeting its commitments under the National Compact;

(c)        That the Corporate Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee and Audit Committee be invited to review governance and reporting arrangements for collaborations, both adopted and in transition, to meet the needs of the Council;

(d)       That Flintshire be positioned as an active contributor in the review of the National Compact and in debating options for future collaboration; and

(e)       That a report be submitted to Community Profile and Partnerships Overview & Scrutiny Committee to see where it can participate in governance of collaboration.