Issue - meetings

To consider the head of policy and programmes’ report. 

To update Cabinet members on the development of the Oxfordshire Councils Charter attached at appendix 1. To endorse the charter and become a signatory party along with other councils in Oxfordshire.

Recommendation:

That Cabinet endorses the Oxfordshire Councils Charter and agrees to be a signatory.

Cabinet received the Oxfordshire Councils Charter from the head of policy and programmes. The report updated Cabinet on the development of the charter and recommended that it be endorsed and that South Oxfordshire District Council become a signatory party.

The Leader of the Council, Councillor David Rouane, presented the report and highlighted that it was the outcome of a meeting between Oxfordshire County Council and parish councils. The councils agreed to implement a formal agreement between the Oxfordshire parish councils and the principal authorities about how the parishes would be consulted.

Cabinet noted that South Oxfordshire had been communicating with their parishes often and well, with district council members regularly attending parish council meetings. However, the charter would formalise this relationship for all principal authorities, including the County Council.

Cabinet, satisfied with the report, agreed to endorse the Oxfordshire Councils Charter and become a signatory.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet endorses the Oxfordshire Councils Charter and agrees to be a signatory.