Issue - meetings

To seek approval for the appointment of a Council representative to the Special Interest Group (report of the Assistant Director – Corporate enclosed).

Consideration was given to the report of the Assistant Director – Corporate which sought approval for the appointment of a Council representative to the Special Interest Group.

The Leader of the Council presented the report which outlined the Partnership Councils’ ambition to form a Special Interest Group which would work with government to seek a new funding mechanism for Internal Drainage Boards. Working with other Councils which encountered the same issue, an application had been submitted to the Local Government Association (LGA) to form a Special Interest Group which would lobby government on the matter. The report sought to appoint the Council’s representative to the Special Interest Group (should the LGA confirm it was supported).  

DECISION:

That the appointment of Councillor Paul Redgate, Portfolio Holder for Finance, as South Holland District Council’s representative on the Local Government Association Internal Drainage Board Special Interest Group (if formed) be agreed.