Agenda item
Annual Review of the Constitution
To consider proposed amendments to the Constitution and associated documents.
Minutes:
The Council received a report on the annual review of the Constitution and associated documents undertaken by the Head of Law and Monitoring Officer and Head of Governance.
The annual review of the Constitution and associated documents ensured that they continued to be fit for purpose and provided a framework that ensured the efficient discharge of the Authority’s business by allowing for decision making at the appropriate level.
The Constitution Task Group had considered the proposed changes received for consideration as part of the latest annual review, and the changes had been approved by the Task Group.
The Constitution and associated documents would continue to be kept under review and updated to reflect any changes in the organisational structure of the Council or any legislative changes. The Council had previously authorised the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the Chair of the Constitution Task Group, to make such changes when the power remained unaltered and these did not need to be reported to Council.
It was moved by Councillor C Johnson and seconded by Councillor E Darke to:
· approve the proposed changes to the Constitution set out in Appendix 1 to this report;
· refer the approved changes to the Elected Mayor for her consent in accordance with Article 16 of the Constitution, other than those changes relating to Scrutiny Committees;
· note that changes to the Constitution relating to the operation of Scrutiny Committees are approved by full Council under recommendation (a) above and under Article 16 of the Constitution do not therefore require the additional consent of the Elected Mayor.
The motion, on being put to the meeting, was approved unanimously.
Supporting documents:
- Report - Review of Constitution May 2023, item C12/23 PDF 42 KB
- Appx1a proposed amendments Officers Audit Chair, item C12/23 PDF 74 KB
- Appx1b proposed amendments Officers Notice of meetings, item C12/23 PDF 79 KB
- Appx1c Electronic Voting, item C12/23 PDF 64 KB
- Appx1d proposed amendments Chairing, item C12/23 PDF 87 KB
- Appx1e Part 10 Proper officers, item C12/23 PDF 71 KB
- Appx1f - Scrutiny Committees and TOR, item C12/23 PDF 78 KB
- Appx1f(a) Appendix A - TOR - Scrutiny Committees ORIGINAL, item C12/23 PDF 72 KB
- Appx1f(b) Appendix B - TOR - Scrutiny Committees PROPOSED (Final), item C12/23 PDF 117 KB
- Appx 1g ODS - CAM - section 10, item C12/23 PDF 73 KB
- Appx 1h ODS LG53, item C12/23 PDF 74 KB
- Appx 1i ODS LG23, item C12/23 PDF 75 KB
- Appx1j ODS R18 Finance, item C12/23 PDF 85 KB
- Appx1k ODS HPS 54-69, item C12/23 PDF 71 KB
- Appx 1L ODS HPS 20-21, item C12/23 PDF 112 KB
- Appx1M ODS 3e-Transport, item C12/23 PDF 61 KB
- Appx1N ODS RED15-Transport, item C12/23 PDF 61 KB
- Appx1O ODS RED28t-Transport, item C12/23 PDF 63 KB
- Appx 1P ODS RED12 a), item C12/23 PDF 78 KB
- Appx1Q ODS RED12 i), item C12/23 PDF 77 KB
- Appx 1S R-R and licensing committee size, item C12/23 PDF 76 KB
- Appx 1R CAM, item C12/23 PDF 80 KB