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Local Choice Functions - Delegation to Officers

Meeting: 03/11/2025 - Cabinet (Item 71)

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Executive Summary

This report summarises that Local Choice Functions, being functions of Cabinet, be delegated to appropriate officers given the nature of those functions.

 

Options considered

 

Delegate these functions to officers

Do not delegate these functions.

 

Consultation(s)

Constitution Working Party

Director for Service Delivery

 

Recommendations

 

That Cabinet resolve that Local Choice Functions are delegated to the Director of Service Delivery

 

Reasons for recommendations

 

Following the recent review of the constitution, these local choice functions involve matters which are focussed on operational functions.

 

Background papers

 

Constitution [Chapter 3, Part 3, Para 2(e), and Chapter 6, Part 3]

 

 

Wards affected

All

Cabinet member(s)

All

Contact Officer

Cara Jordan, Monitoring Officer, cara.jordan@north-norfolk.gov.uk

 

 

Decision:

Decision

RESOLVED

 

That Local Choice Functions are delegated to the Director of Service Delivery

 

Reason for the decision:

 

Following the recent review of the constitution, these local choice functions involve matters which are focussed on operational functions.

 

Minutes:

 

The Chair introduced this item. He explained that following the recent review of the Constitution, it was proposed that the ‘Local Choice Functions’ (as set out in Chapter 3, Part 3, Para 2(e) of the Constitution) and which were currently allocated to Cabinet were delegated to the Director for Service Delivery as they were largely operational in nature. The functions included such matters as the inspection of the district to detect statutory nuisances, as well as the investigation of complaints regarding such, as well as the service of abatement notices and obtaining particulars of persons with an interest in land. The Monitoring Officer therefore proposed that to ensure day-to-day operational matters could be conducted efficiently, and to ensure legal and procedural requirements were met by lawful and transparent delegation of functions, that the recently amended constitution was further updated to allow for these cabinet functions to be delegated to officers.

 

It was proposed by Cllr T Adams, seconded by Cllr W Fredericks and

 

RESOLVED

 

That Local Choice Functions are delegated to the Director of Service Delivery

 

Reason for the decision:

 

Following the recent review of the constitution, these local choice functions involve matters which are focussed on operational functions.