The first meeting of the East Midlands Combined County Authority took place today (Wednesday, March 20)
Councillors called for unity across political divides and representation for rural areas, alongside cities, in the first meeting of a new East Midlands super council. The first meeting of the new East Midlands Combined County Authority, making decisions on behalf of more than two million people, took place in Chesterfield Town Hall today .
Cllr Tricia Gilby, Chesterfield Borough Council leader, and Cllr Anthony McKeown, High Peak Borough Council leader, represented the Derbyshire districts and boroughs. Meanwhile, Cllr Paul Peacock, Newark and Sherwood District Council leader, and Cllr Milan Radulovic, Broxtowe Borough Council leader, represented the Nottinghamshire districts and boroughs.
She said “we have failed if we need to take a vote” saying the new council relied on cooperation but still sits in a political system. Jodie Townsend, interim monitoring officer for the authority, said Government was looking at legislation for districts and boroughs to be able to be given voting rights, but the new council would then need to vote to introduce this, with the national decision due in the next three to six months.
Cllr Baggy Shanker, Derby City Council leader, said: “This investment is much needed in the region. These huge sums of money need to be invested sensibly.” He said the investment was needed to address the impact of austerity measures on the region, which he claimed had cost Derby city an estimated £1 billion in terms of lost funding.
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