a)    At the meeting of the Governance and Audit Committee held on 22 July 2021 consideration was given to the report of the City Solicitor (Document “D”) which provided feedback from the Community Governance Review for a proposed new Local Council in the Windhill and Bolton Woods area, which had been triggered by receipt of a petition from local residents.

Resolved –

That the following be referred to Council:

That the Governance and Audit Committee do not support the proposal of a new Local Council being set up in the Windhill and Bolton Woods area due to the low turnout of representations as detailed in 3.5 of Document “D” and also with regard residents in Polling district 28F who didn’t identify themselves as living in Windhill and Bolton Woods.  The council must have regard to the need to secure that community governance reflects the identities and interests of the community in that area and is effective and convenient.

Action: City Solicitor

b)    At the meeting of Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 23 March 2021, consideration was given to a report of the Chair of Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Document “AD”), which contained the findings from the Hate Crime Scrutiny Review.

Resolved –

1)      That the findings contained within the Draft Hate Crime Scrutiny Review Report, be adopted.

2)      That the Hate Crime Scrutiny Review report be referred to Council to be endorsed, at its next business meeting.

Action:  Overview and Scrutiny Lead

Governance and Audit Committee (Council amendment):

Resolved – That Council notes the extensive work undertaken by Windhill Community Centre in the extremely difficult circumstances of Covid restrictions, which resulted in a lower level of representations than would otherwise be the case. Members therefore support a further review being undertaken sometime in the future (no sooner than 12 months from now) if there are no Covid restrictions in place. Public meetings would also form part of the review.  This course of action is supported by ward councillors

ACTION: City Solicitor

Corporate Overview and Scrutiny:

Resolved – That the Hate Crime Scrutiny Review be endorsed by Council.

Governance and Audit Committee:

At the meeting of the Governance and Audit Committee held on 22 July 2021 consideration was given to the report of the City Solicitor which provided feedback from the Community Governance Review for a proposed new Local Council in the Windhill and Bolton Woods area, which had been triggered by receipt of a petition from local residents.

Resolved (Council amendment) – That Council notes the extensive work undertaken by Windhill Community Centre in the extremely difficult circumstances of Covid restrictions, which resulted in a lower level of representations than would otherwise be the case. Members therefore support a further review being undertaken sometime in the future (no sooner than 12 months from now) if there are no Covid restrictions in place. Public meetings would also form part of the review.  This course of action is supported by ward councillors

ACTION: City Solicitor

Corporate Overview and Scrutiny:

At the meeting of Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 23 March 2021, consideration was given to a report of the Chair of Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee, which contained the findings from the Hate Crime Scrutiny Review.

Resolved – That the Hate Crime Scrutiny Review be endorsed by Council.

ACTION: Overview and Scrutiny Lead