Details about how the new North Yorkshire Council will be created have been revealed as the the Government is expected to sign the papers clearing the way for it's formation.
The new authority will replace both the county council, borough council and the county's other district authorities next April.
Barry Kahn is the county councils Assistant Chief Exec, he says the final legal paperwork is expected to be signed off tomorrow.
The changes will constitute the biggest reorganisation of local government in the county since 1974.
County Council Chief Exec Richard Flinton says the new structure will be built by existing council workers.
A document outlining the plan for the transition to the new authority has been published. It includes reassurances for staff at the existing councils.
Robert Ling is the county council's Assistant Director for transformation, he outlined the changes at a meeting yesterday.
Robert says communicating the changes to staff will be a key part of the transition process. As part of that there will be an all staff meeting broadcast to staff members across the eight local authorities today
The move to a unitary authority is linked to a devolution deal with government which said millions of pounds in funding and decision-making powers could only be devolved to North Yorkshire if a unitary system is introduced.
North Yorkshire County Council had proposed the single council plan, while the district and borough councils except Hambleton, which rejected all options on the table, made a bid for two councils split on an east/west basis but failed to win government support.
These opposing views were described as an “elephant in the room” at yesterday’s first meeting of the new executive board which is made up of 17 county, borough and district councillors from across North Yorkshire.
But members said they were willing to put their previous preferences aside in order to plan for the transition to the new council.
The implementation plan sets out how elections to the new council will take place in May, followed by the appointment of a new council chief executive by autumn and a corporate management team by January 2023.
Almost all remaining staff will then be transferred across on 1 April 2023 as all services from bin collections to business support, and social care to highways, come under new control.
Richard Flinton, chief executive of North Yorkshire County Council, told the meeting that while the transition of services and staff would be a challenge, the needs of residents would still be a priority.
He said:
“We are trying to create a strong council that will be able to meet the huge challenges that will hit the communities of North Yorkshire in the years ahead"
The plan released at the meeting can be seen in full here:
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