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 it be endorsed and that Vale of White Horse District Council become a signatory party.

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Bethia Thomas, presented the report and highlighted that the Council had maintained strong working relationships with its town and parish councils on important local issues. The Charter would sit alongside what the Council had been doing, however, it would formalise that process between these councils and Oxfordshire County Council. As it was a complement to the work the Council was doing, the Leader recommended that the Charter be endorsed.

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

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