Agenda and minutes

City Council (Extraordinary)
Thursday, 23rd March, 2023 6.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber - at the Council House. View directions

Contact: Jane Garrard, Senior Governance Officer 01158764315

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for absence Minutes: Councillor Cheryl Barnard – Unwell Councillor Nicola Heaton – Leave Councillor Phil Jackson - Personal Councillor Sue Johnson – Personal Councillor Zafran Khan - Personal Councillor Dave Liversidge – Personal Councillor AJ Matsiko - Personal Councillor Toby Neal - Personal Councillor Nayab Patel - Personal Councillor Angharad Roberts – other Council business Councillor Sam Webster - Leave
2.	Declarations of Interests Minutes: None
3.	Devolution Deal - Consideration of Consultation Responses and Submission of the East Midlands Combined County Authority Proposal to Government PDF 436 KB Report of the Leader of the Council Additional documents: Appendix 1 - East Midlands CCA Proposal , item 3. PDF 1 MB Appendix 2 - Consultation Response , item 3. PDF 543 KB Appendix 3 - Nottinghamshire Derbyshire Devolution Ipsos Consultation Report V7_ , item 3. PDF 2 MB Appendix 4 - Summary of Engagement , item 3. PDF 355 KB Appendix 5 - Equality Impact Analysis Record March 2023 , item 3. PDF 503 KB Appendix 6 - Summary of Devolution Consultation Communications and Publicity , item 3. PDF 491 KB Minutes: Councillor David Mellen, Leader of the Council, proposed the report setting out the responses to the consultation on a Proposal to establish the East Midlands Combined County Authority and the final Proposal, which Council was asked to approve for submission to the Secretary of State. The report was seconded by Councillor Adele Williams. Resolved to: (1) approve the final Proposal, attached as Appendix 1 to the report, having had due regard to the consultation responses and the public sector equality duty, to create the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) for the areas of Derbyshire County, Derby City, Nottinghamshire County and Nottingham City; (2) note how the Proposal had been amended to take account of the results of the consultation, other engagement activity and recent developments as set out in the report and in Appendices 2, 3 and 4 to the report; (3) delegate authority to the Chief Executive to submit the Proposal to the Secretary of State in consultation with the Chief Executives of the other Constituent Councils once the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill has received Royal Assent and the relevant provisions come into force; (4) delegate authority to the Chief Executive to approve any typographical or technical amendments to the final Proposal which the Chief Executives of the other three Councils also agree on, on behalf of Nottingham City Council, prior to submission; and (5) note that a further report will be brought back to Council in due course to consent to the relevant Statutory Instrument that will formally establish the EMCCA in due course.