Agenda item - Paper - GBEB to SBCCA Integration Proposal

5.1          The Board considered a report that sought approval of a Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority Integration Proposal.

5.2          The Board welcomed the proposal noting that it would be determined by the pace and speed of the Combined Authorities Plan.

5.3          Resolved-

1)             That the Board notes and reviews the draft Board to SBCCA Integration Proposal (Appendix 1).

2)             That the Board endorses the draft Integration Proposal, subject to any agreed amendments arising from discussion.

3)             That the Business Managers are authorised to incorporate any agreed amendments and to use the endorsed Integration Proposal as the basis for formal engagement with SBCCA officers.

4)             That the Board nominates Councillor Eccleston to support senior engagement with SBCCA leadership during the transition period and to act as a Board-level link between GBEB and the emerging Combined Authority.