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Resolution number HM/2015/60
MOVED
by Member BA Brady, seconded by Chairperson VS Neeson:
That the Henderson-Massey
Local Board:
a) Supports in principle, the proposed Empowered Communities
Approach.
b) Thanks the Mayor and the Governing Body for their strong
support of local boards’ role in delivering local community development, that
is implicit in the Empowered Communities proposal;
c) Has received feedback that indicates community groups have
high expectations of increased financial support as a result of the Empowered
Communities approach and requests realistic messaging around the proposal;
d) Notes that funding for the Empowered Communities Approach,
and its impact on local board budgets is unclear, and that it is therefore
not possible to come to a definite position of support or otherwise for the
proposal;
e) Envisages that Henderson-Massey Local Board would not make
much use of the community practice hub as proposed.
f) Supports a careful and measured introduction of the
Empowered Communities Approach to enable each Board to develop its own
community appropriate approach.
g) Notes the need for flexibility in the implementation of the
Empowered Communities Approach, to cater to the individual circumstances of
each local board.
h) Strongly supports locating staff physically within local
boards and organisationally within Local Board Services;
i) Notes the need for a comprehensive change in the
organisational culture of the Council, along with the review of many policies
and practices across a range of functions, which limit or impede
community-led initiatives;
j) Strongly supports an Empowered Communities approach that
addresses staff concerns that the board has encountered such as frequent
restructuring, high turnover of staff through local board facing positions,
and conflicting accountabilities between regional and local activities
k) Notes that the Henderson-Massey Local Board has experienced
some of the risks involved with a more community empowered approach and requests
Council and its CCOs develop more robust governance and accountability
systems, staff and elected member capacity development, and robust criteria
and procedures for Council’s response when agreed community outcomes and
standards of governance are not being achieved.
CARRIED
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