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Officers may not take Key Decisions unless there has been a specific delegation by the Executive.

Executive decisions delegated to officers will be taken in accordance with the Corporate Scheme of Delegation, council-wide operating procedures and directorate/service schemes of delegation as appropriate.

For clarity, the following sets out a number of situations where the standard delegation rules do not apply (in particular that officers are delegated to take decisions which are not key decisions). Where there is a clash, this paragraph overrides other rules.

There are no delegations to officers in relation to these decisions.

(d) The nature and extent of any delegation of executive functions to officers not already specified in Part B of this Constitution, with details of any limitation on that delegation and the title of the officer to whom the delegation is made.

3. In the case of a decision taken at a formal meeting of the Executive, the Mayor will take the decision having received written and oral advice from appropriate officers and consulted those members of the Executive present. In the event that a meeting of the Executive is not quorate, the Mayor may still take any necessary decisions having consulted any Executive members present. All Mayoral decisions taken at a formal meeting of the Executive shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

5. The Mayor may at his discretion make a decision in relation to an Executive function, including a Key Decision, alone and outside the context of a meeting of the Executive. In relation to any decision made by the Mayor under this provision:- (a) The decision may only be made following consideration by the Mayor of a full report by the relevant officer(s) containing all relevant information, options and recommendations in the same format as would be required if the decision were to be taken at a meeting of the Executive; (b) The provisions of the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules in relation to call-in, including the rules regarding urgent decisions, shall apply; (c) In the case of a Key Decision as defined in Section 3 of the Constitution, the provisions of the Access to Information Procedure Rules in relation to prior publication on the Forward Plan shall apply; and (d) The decision shall not be made until the Mayor has confirmed his agreement by signing a Mayoral Decision Proforma (example attached) which has first been completed with all relevant information and signed by the relevant Chief Officers.

1. To determine all applications for grant funding received by the Council that require a Member level decision where there is no specific delegation to officers

Various grants decisions have been specifically delegated to officers (see 3 below).

3. The Sub-Committee may delegate decision making to individual officers, provided that the extent of this delegation is made clear and that it is minuted properly. Delegations agreed by the Sub-Committee will be listed at the bottom of the Terms of Reference in respect of decisions from May 2021