Agenda item

The Council will consider a report of the Chief Executive seeking approval of the Sheffield City Region ‘SCR’ Devolution Agreement and detailing the proposed terms of the agreement and the implications thereof.

The report of the Chief Executive seeking approval of the Sheffield City Region ‘SCR’ Devolution Agreement detailing the proposed terms of the agreement and the implications thereof was:

Moved by Councillor Sir Steve Houghton CBE – Seconded by Councillor Andrews BEM; and

RESOLVED that the Council:

(i)            Note the work that has taken place since the ‘deal’ was proposed in October 2015, in particular those matters detailed in Section 4 of the report now submitted;

(ii)          Note and take into account that an online consultation exercise has taken place from 2^nd December,2015 to the 15^th January, 2016 including the summary of this consultation as detailed within Section 5 and Appendix C to the report;

(iii)         Endorse the devolution agreement set out at Appendix A; and

(iv)         Delegate authority to the Chief Executive (in full consultation with the Leader of the Council) to consent to an enabling order.