The Democratic and Electoral
Services Manager introduced the report and explained the proposal
for two facilitated sessions to be undertaken with the Centre for
Governance and Scrutiny. Proposed dates for the sessions were 7 and
30 September and would be physical meetings, however this could be
supplemented with remote access. Determining the council size would
be significantly impacted by the work on executive arrangements and
both pieces of work would need to run alongside each other, as
demonstrated in the proposed timetable. The Committee Work
Programme would be amended to reflect this.
In response to questions, the
Democratic and Electoral Services Manager explained that it is
possible for officers to draft the submission and bring it to the
Committee to agree, however it was important that Members were
involved throughout the process as it would be their
submission.
RESOLVED: That the approach and timetable outlined in section 2 of the
report be agreed and that the Head of Policy, Communications and
Governance liaise with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman on questions
that arise requiring Member input before the Committee meeting on
13 October 2021.