Issue - meetings

Lancaster District Strategic Partnership
'Memorandum of Understanding'

Meeting: 09/07/2024 - Cabinet (Item 14)

14 Lancaster District Strategic Partnership'Memorandum of Understanding' PDF 234 KB

(Cabinet Member with Special Responsibility Councillor Peter Jackson)

Report of the Chief Executive

Additional documents:

Minutes:

(Cabinet Member with Special Responsibility Councillor Peter Jackson)

Cabinet received a report from the Chief Executive to request that Cabinet adopt the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Lancaster District Strategic Partnership.

The options, options analysis, including risk assessment and officer preferred option, were set out in the report as follows:

	Option 1: Adopt the MOU and commit the council to the stated objectives of the partnership.	Option 2: Do not adopt the MOU and do not commit to the objectives of the partnership.
Advantages	If adopted, the Chief Executive will sign the MOU and formalise the partnership with all other strategic organisations involved.	No advantages are identified for this option.
Disadvantages	No specific disadvantages are identified for this option.	The Council will need to revise aspects of the MOU with partners. Or if not adopted, the Council will be weakened in its ability to work with partners to deliver mutually beneficial strategic outcomes for the district.
Risks	None identified.	None identified.

The recommended option is to proceed with adopting the MOU so that the Chief Executive can sign the MOU with all other partners and move towards the delivery of outcomes (Option 1). The report provides details of the objectives of the Lancaster District Strategic Partnership and outlines the content and importance of the MOU.

Councillor Peter Jackson proposed, seconded by Councillor Wood:-

“That the recommendation, as set out in the report, be approved.”

Councillors then voted:-

Resolved unanimously:

(1) That Cabinet agrees to the principles of the partnership as detailed in the Memorandum of Understanding and authorises the Chief Executive to sign on the Council’s behalf.

Officer responsible for effecting the decision:

Chief Executive

Reasons for making the decision:

Cabinet adoption of the MOU will enable officers and strategic partners to deliver on the stated objectives outcomes.

The strategic priorities for the Lancaster District Strategic Partnership correlate with the strategic principles of the Council Plan 2024-2027. The partnership may evolve so that there is added resource and capacity, between partners, to deliver projects and services aligned to the strategic and financial decision-making already set out in the Council Plan 2024-2027.