RESOLVED that
(a) a Community Governance Review be conducted, in accordance with the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, and the timetable and terms of reference for the Review, as set out at Appendix 1 to this report, be approved;
(b) the Head of Democratic Services be authorised to take all necessary steps in relation to the Review;
(c) a Task and Finish Group, to consider the Review and make recommendations to the Council, be appointed, comprising five councillors (two Conservative, one Liberal Democrat, one Independent, and one Poole People Party), with Muscliff and Strouden Park ward councillors being invited in an advisory capacity.
Voting: Unanimous
REASON
To comply with the duty to undertake a community governance review following the receipt of a valid petition.