Decision details

Date of Decision:

29^th August 2025

Title:

RMBC and Parish Council Joint Working Agreement

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Phil Horsfield, Assistant Director, Legal Services under delegation from the Strategic Director, Finance and Customer Services interim cover in absence of Assistant Chief Executive.

Details of Specific Delegation

or

Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

Council's Constitution - Appendix 9 - Responsibility for Functions

The functions and delegations of the Assistant Chief Executive are currently being exercised by the Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services. This arrangement is set out as a footnote, on the first page of Appendix 9 (Responsibility for Functions) of the Council Constitution as follows:

Further to Appendix 9, Section 3A paragraph 3(e) of the Constitution the Chief Executive has temporarily reallocated the functions and delegations of the Assistant Chief Executive to the Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services

Decision:

To approve the updated version of the Joint Working Agreement between RMBC and Parish Councils

Reasons for the Decision:

Authority is delegated to the Assistant Chief Executive to take the necessary actions to approve and publish the updated Joint Working Agreement, which has been undertaken in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Neighbourhood Working.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

The Council could choose not to have a Joint Working Agreement with the Parish Councils; however, this would not support the Council’s vision and desired strategic outcomes within the Council Plan (2025-30), particularly ‘Places are thriving, safe and clean’ or with its Thriving Neighbourhoods Strategy (2018-25) and neighbourhood working model.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

None.

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision Maker if they sit as a Cabinet appointed representative to an outside body which relates to the decision:

None

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None

Reports or parts of reports relevant to the decision being taken:

None