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Enhancing Executive Arrangements Workshop: New Strategies for Effective Governance

This workshop led by Graham Russell and John Quinton aims to facilitate understanding, promote discussion, share experiences, and shape best practices for new executive arrangements contributing to democracy reinforcement, scrutiny reinvention, and localized decision-making. The legislative basis, mandatory strong leader model, and DSO issues are discussed alongside a case study on the Wiltshire model.

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Enhancing Executive Arrangements Workshop: New Strategies for Effective Governance

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  1. “New” Executive arrangements Graham Russell, Senior Associate SWC and former Head of Democratic Services, Bath & North East Somerset Council John Quinton, Head of Democratic Services, Wiltshire Council

  2. Workshop aims • to facilitate understanding • to promote discussion • to share experiences • to shape best practice

  3. New Executive arrangements…. • a contributor to reinforcing democracy(?) • sits alongside a re-invention (?) of scrutiny… • …and more local member decision making

  4. Legislative basis – LGPIH 2009 adds clauses to LGA 2000 • “different form of executive” + 33A • “variation to (but same form of) executive arrangements” + 33B • “alternative arrangements move to executive arrangements” + 33C • “variation to alternative arrangements” + 33D

  5. Legislative basis – LGPIH 2009 adds clauses to LGA 2000 • the mechanism + 33E • the resolutions + 33F • implementation + 33G – N • Leader and Cabinet executive (England) (i.e. strong leader) is different model to Leader and Cabinet (i.e. LGA 2000)

  6. Mandatory Strong Leader • determines size of Cabinet (max still 10) • appoints his/her chosen members to Cabinet and can remove them at any time (reshuffles) • appoints a deputy leader • allocates executive functions (portfolios and delegations) • serves a 4 x year term of office (or the balance of term of office as councillor) • Can be removed by Council by resolution

  7. Issues for DSOs - preparation • identifying proposals after reasonable consultation, including timetable for change • satisfying criteria for proposals - continuous improvement, economy, effectiveness and efficiency in exercise of council’s functions • transitional arrangements • discretionary referendum –(+ normal 5% rule remains)

  8. CASE STUDY- THE WILTSHIRE MODEL JOHN QUINTON HEAD OF DEMOCRATIC SERVICES

  9. STRONG LEADER • Appointed for 4 year term • Appoints cabinet members and deputy leader • Assigns portfolios • Delegates powers

  10. CULTURE • Very inclusive • Non-adversarial • Rotation and accessibility • Succession planning

  11. ISSUES • Forward plan process • Working with O&S • Consistency

  12. GROUP WORK • 1. How do you get effective management of executive business? • 2. What are the key features of an effective working relationship between the Executive and O&S? • 3. What protocols are needed for effective Executive’s in minority administrations or multi party cabinets?

  13. END OF PRESENTATION

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