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.

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