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This report is to inform Council of the position following the receipt of a valid petition requesting a referendum on a move to a Directly Elected Mayor and Cabinet Executive form of governance, as required by Regulations 17 (1) and (2) of the Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions) (England) Regulations 2011 and Regulation 4 (1) of the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2012. It sets out the arrangements for following the process required by legislation and also makes proposals for operating a Directly Elected Mayor and Cabinet Executive model in the event of a vote in favour of a directly elected mayor in the referendum. It also includes proposals relating to fees payable for the referendum and other elections.

The Council considered a report, deferred from 12^th November meeting, setting out arrangements for the process required by legislation following receipt of a valid petition requesting a referendum on a move to a Directly Elected Mayor and Cabinet Executive form of governance.  The report also made proposals for operating this type of governance model, and made reference to fees payable.

On a motion from Councillor Tim Warren, seconded by Councillor Francine Haeberling, it was

RESOLVED

1.  To note the position concerning the receipt of a valid petition as set out in paragraph 5.1 of the report;

2.  For the purposes of the publication of a notice required by Regulations 17(1) and (2), to approve the proposals set out in Appendix One on the operation of a Directly Elected Mayor and Cabinet Executive Model arrangements, should this model be implemented following a referendum;

3.  To approve the proposals for seeking recommendations of the Independent Renumeration Panel in the event of a vote in favour of a directly elected mayor in the referendum, as set out in paragraph 5.7 of the report; and

4.  To approve the fees as out in Appendix two of the report.

[Note: The motion was carried with 41 Councillors voting in favour, 0 against and 13 abstentions.]

This report is to inform Council of the position following the receipt of a valid petition requesting a referendum on a move to a Directly Elected Mayor and Cabinet Executive form of governance, as required by Regulations 17 (1) and (2) of the Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions) (England) Regulations 2011 and Regulation 4 (1) of the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2012. It sets out the arrangements for following the process required by legislation and also makes proposals for operating a Directly Elected Mayor and Cabinet Executive model in the event of a vote in favour of a directly elected mayor in the referendum. It also includes proposals relating to fees payable for the referendum and other elections.

Following adjournment of the meeting, this item was deferred until the next meeting to take place on December 17^th 2015.