RESOLVED:
1)
That Maidstone Borough Council should continue to engage with other
Kent local authorities with the objective of strengthening service
delivery resilience, improving cost effectiveness and securing
investment in services and community infrastructures;
2)
That Maidstone Borough Council should seek enhanced Inter tier
working on the basis of the strategic priorities and services
summarised at paragraph 2.14 of the report of the Chief Executive
and that any amendments to this list be delegated to the Chief
Executive in consultation with the Chairman and Vice Chairman of
Policy and Resources Committee until such time that local
governance arrangements have been considered and
established;
3)
That Maidstone Borough Council should work with district councils
across Kent, Medway and Kent County Council to achieve this and in
particular with Dartford, Gravesham, Medway, Swale and Kent County
Councils;
4)
That delegated authority be given to the Chief Executive, in
consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Policy and
Resources Committee, to agree the detail of principles for enhanced
inter tier working;
5)
That Maidstone Borough Council should, when the opportunity arises,
participate in discussions across the whole of Kent and Medway with
the objective of developing a devolution proposition and that the
Leader and Chief Executive will participate fully in these;
and
6)
That Maidstone Borough Council should participate in further
development of devolution propositions alongside the North Kent
authorities of Gravesham, Dartford, Medway and Swale and KCC for
the reasons set out in paragraph 2.33 of the report of the Chief
Executive.
