Cllr Fleming proposed and Cllr Mrs Davison seconded that (a) the creation of a Sevenoaks District Strategic Board which builds on the working arrangements of the previous Sevenoaks District Kent Locality Board be approved, (b)  the draft terms of reference as amended be approved; and (c)  the proposed Strategic Board delivery structure be noted.

The report set out the background to Locality Boards and sought approval to work with the County Council to establish a Sevenoaks District Strategic Board.  The setting up of local arrangements  to replace the Sevenoaks District Kent Locality Board had the support of the Leader of Kent County Council.

On 11^th September 2013 the Locality Board had considered the report and put forward the following amendment to the terms of reference:

·         amending number 1 to remove the word “Cabinet” to read “…and 7 Sevenoaks District Council Members”

·         the addition of a new number 2 “The Leader of Sevenoaks District Council will have the power to rotate/amend the District Council membership as appropriate” with sequential numbering appropriately changed.

These amendments had been supported by the Governance Committee at its meeting on 19^th September 2013.

At the Locality Board meeting the Head of Business Transformation and Programmes at Kent County Council (KCC) had confirmed that the arrangements did not need to be formally confirmed through the KCC committee process. 

Resolved: That

(a)    the creation of a Sevenoaks District Strategic Board which builds on the working arrangements of the previous Sevenoaks District Kent Locality Board be approved,

(b)    the draft terms of reference as amended be approved; and

(c)     the proposed Strategic Board delivery structure be noted.