Issue - meetings
Local Authority Gold Resolution
Meeting: 14/09/2010 - Executive (Item 11)
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The ALG Leaders’ Committee, at their meeting on 13 July 2010, agreed the text of an addendum to be recommended to London local authorities. This would amend the previous ‘Gold’ resolution agreed by the Brent Executive on 13 March 2004. The purpose of the addendum is to broaden the powers of the ‘Gold’ Chief Executive so as to enable him or her to act on behalf of all the London local authorities in responding to an emerging incident as well as to enable a trigger for Local Authority Gold to respond to incidents and in the event of extreme and disruptive weather, where if necessary incurring minimum levels of expenditure not exceeding £1 million. In addition to consider the value of Brent signing a Memorandum of Understanding to give assistance to another Local Authority if required during an emergency.
Decision:
(i) that the addendum to the Local Authority Gold Resolution, attached as Appendix B to the report from the Borough Solicitor, be agreed subject to any further changes considered necessary by the her following consultation with the ALG and other London boroughs who shall have delegated authority to make such changes to it;
(ii) that consideration be given to Brent signing a Memorandum of Understanding as set out in Appendix C to the report to provide assistance to other London Local Authorities during an emergency.
Minutes:
The ALG Leaders’ Committee, at their meeting on 13 July 2010, agreed the text of an addendum to be recommended to London local authorities. This would amend the previous ‘Gold’ resolution agreed by the Brent Executive on 13 March 2004. The purpose of the addendum was to broaden the powers of the ‘Gold’ Chief Executive so as to enable him or her to act on behalf of all the London local authorities in responding to an emerging incident as well as to enable a trigger for Local Authority Gold to respond to incidents and in the event of extreme and disruptive weather, where if necessary incurring minimum levels of expenditure not exceeding £1 million. In addition, the Executive was asked to consider the value of Brent signing a Memorandum of Understanding to give assistance to another local authority if required during an emergency.
RESOLVED:-
(i) that the addendum to the Local Authority Gold Resolution, attached as Appendix B to the report from the Borough Solicitor, be agreed subject to any further changes considered necessary by the her following consultation with the ALG and other London boroughs who shall have delegated authority to make such changes to it;
(ii) that agreement be given to Brent signing a Memorandum of Understanding as set out in Appendix C to the report to provide assistance to other London local authorities during an emergency.