Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report from the Strategic Director – Enterprise, Community and Resources, which presented details of the impacts that the planned changes to the Borough’s Ward boundaries will have upon Local Area Forums.

It was noted that the planned changes to the Borough’s current Ward boundaries were due to come into effect on 7 May 2020, but were delayed as the local elections were postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak.  Therefore, the boundary changes would now come into effect on 6 May 2021 and these had implications for the Local Area Forums.

It was reported that following the establishment of the new Wards the current seven Area Forum ‘footprints’ would be affected.  Officers recommended that six new Area Forums be established with effect from 6 May 2021; these were set out in paragraph 3.7 of the report.  Members were referred to Appendix 1, which showed a map of the proposed new Area Forum boundaries against the current Area Forum footprints.

RESOLVED:  That the Board approves

1)    the proposals for dealing with the impacts that Ward boundary changes will have upon Local Area Forums, as set out within the report;

2)    that Halton’s current seven Local Area Forums be disbanded with effect from 5 May 2021; and

3)    that six new Local Area Forum, as set out in Paragraph 3.7, be established in Halton with effect from 6 May 2021.