1.    On behalf of Councillor Price the Economic Development Manager has submitted a report giving an update on the work of the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership including its changing role, recent strategic developments, and impact on funding attraction and delivery

Council is invited to comment on and note the submitted report.

2.    Each ordinary meeting of Council shall normally receive a written report concerning the work of one of the partnerships on which the Council is represented.

The programme of reporting at future meetings will be:

·         February 2017: Oxfordshire Partnerships report (covering all partnerships)

·         April 2017: Oxfordshire Strategic Partnership

3.    Members who are Council representatives on external bodies or Chairs of Council Committees who consider that a significant decision or event has taken place, will give notice to the Head of Law and Governance by 1.00 pm on Thursday 1 December 2016 that they wish present a written or oral report on the event or the significant decision and how it may influence future events.

Council had before it a report from the Economic Development Manager (submitted on behalf of Councillor Price)giving an update on the work of the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership.

Councillor Price presented the report and said that:

·         The LEP had relocated to the College of Further Education

·         Jeremy Long had been appointed as Board Chair in March 2016

·         Phil Southall, Managing Director of the Oxford Bus Company, and Penny Rinta-Suksi, Partner at Blake Morgan were new Oxford based members of the Board

Council notedthe report.