Minutes:
Councillor Henig announced that there were changes proposed to Cabinet Members and Portfolios for the forthcoming year. Councillors J Brown and O Johnson would be leaving the Cabinet and Councillors A Patterson and A Surtees would join the Cabinet. Councillor Henig thanked Councillors Brown and Johnson for their work while serving as Cabinet Members.
Councillor Henig informed Council that the full details of Cabinet Portfolios and Support Members were as circulated, with Councillor J Clare, Cabinet Support Member for Economic Regeneration becoming the Council’s first Climate Change Champion.
This was a strong, highly experienced Cabinet which for the first time had a gender balance.
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Leader of the Council
Cllr Simon Henig |
? Overall co-ordination of policy, including MTFP ? Council strategy ? Performance framework and monitoring ? County Durham Partnership ? External Partnerships ? Communications ? Legal and Democratic Services+
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Deputy Leader and Finance
Cllr Alan Napier
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? Finance ? Legal and Democratic Services+ ? Risk Management |
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Adult and Health Services
Cllr Lucy Hovvels Cllr Audrey Laing |
? Adult Social Care Services ? Adult Safeguarding ? Adult Social Care Commissioning ? Health and Wellbeing (chair of HWB) ? Public Health ? Community Safety ? Links with Durham Police ? Veterans champion ? Mental Health champion
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Children and Young People’s Services
Cllr Olwyn Gunn Cllr Maura McKeon |
? Education 0-19 ? Specialist and Safeguarding Children’s Services ? Youth Services, including Youth Offending Services ? Children’s Centres ? Young
carers ? Health and wellbeing board member
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Corporate Services and
Cllr Andrea Patterson Cllr Jude Considine
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? Customer Services ? Human
Resources ? ICT
& Digital agenda
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Economic Regeneration
Cllr Carl Marshall Cllr John Clare |
? Economic Development ? Town Centres ? Regeneration ? Leisure services ? Skills agenda ? Spatial Planning / County Durham Plan ? Strategic Transport / Local Transport Plan ? Development Control ? Climate change champion: Cllr John Clare
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Neighbourhoods and local partnerships
Cllr Brian Stephens Cllr Rob Yorke |
? Area Action Partnerships ? Relationships with Town and Parish Councils ? Community Development ? Community Facilities ? Neighbourhood Streetscene ? Environment Policy, including sustainability ? Environment, Health and Consumer Protection ? Highways ? Waste Management ? Direct Services ? Bereavement services
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Social Inclusion
Cllr Angela Surtees Cllr Lynn Pounder |
? Carers ? Equality and Diversity ? Humanitarian Support Partnership ? Welfare reform and impact ? Welfare rights
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Strategic Housing and Assets Cllr Kevin Shaw Cllr Mark Davinson
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? Housing strategy ? Homelessness ? Private sector housing issues ? Fuel poverty / Energy efficiency ? Links with Housing providers ? Assets (land and property) ? Parks ? Allotments ? Travellers liaison service
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Transformation,
Cllr Joy Allen
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? Council transformation programme ? Archives ? Libraries ? Culture, Arts and Tourism ? Events ? Emergency planning / Civil contingencies
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+ shared responsibility