Set out below are the criteria for Key Decisions approved by the Council at its meeting held on 24th April 2002, as amended by Council at its meetings on 14 January 2006 and 28 February 2007:-
‘A decision of the Cabinet or a Member of the Cabinet will be a Key Decision if it comes within one or more of the following categories:-
1. It is likely to be significant in terms of its effect on communities living or working in an area comprising two or more Wards or electoral divisions of the Council.
2. It is likely to have a major impact on the day to day life of a community living or working in one Ward or electoral division of the Council. An example would be the closure of a school or a major traffic regulation scheme.
3. It forms part of the development of or a change to the Policy Framework or the Budget Framework.
4. It involves revenue expenditure which is not within the Budget.
5. It involves virement in excess of that set out in the Budget.
6. It involves capital expenditure which is estimated to exceed £200,000 or is not within the Budget.
7. It involves a significant reduction in or change to a service or facility provided by the Council, such reduction or change not being within the Policy Framework or the Budget.
8. It involves the declaration of land or property, the estimated value of which exceeds £500,000 as surplus to the Council’s requirements.
9. It involves the acquisition or disposal of land or property and the settling of compensation payments the value of which is estimated to exceed £500,000.
10. It involves the granting, determination or variation of leases, licences, easements or wayleaves at rents/considerations in excess of £100,000 per annum.
11. It involves the taking of licences or leases at rent values of more than £100,000 per annum.
12. Its consequences are likely to result in compulsory redundancies or major changes to the terms and conditions of employment of a significant number of employees across the Council’s functions’.
All Decision takers can be contacted via the Chief Executive as follows:-
“(Name of) The Decision taker”
C/O the Chief Executive
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Democratic Services Unit
Town Hall
Library Street
Wigan
WN1 1YN
