Decision details

To agree to Brent Council enter into arrangements to discharge certain of its executive functions jointly with some other West London Authorities to achieve the goals of driving local growth, creating jobs and enhancing local skills.

That the following be noted:

(i)         that Brent Council will enter into arrangements with some other West London local authorities for certain of their functions (as specified in the report) to be discharged jointly;

(ii)        that the Leader, having consulted the Chief Legal Officer, will agree the  arrangements for functions and procedures (see Appendix 1) with the other authorities and/or their executives as appropriate;

(iii)       that the arrangements will include a Joint Committee (to be known as “the West London Economic Prosperity Board”);

(iv)       that the Leader (or suitable alternative chosen by the Leader) will be appointed as a voting member of the Joint Committee;

(v)        that the functions to be discharged by the Joint Committee will be with the intention of promoting economic prosperity within the local government areas of the participating boroughs;

(vi)       that it is anticipated that the participating boroughs will initially be Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Hounslow, but that other WLA members (namely, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hillingdon) are also invited to join;

(vii)      that any changes to the constitution resulting from this report will be reported to Full Council for approval.