Issue - meetings

Review of the Constitution

Meeting: 26/01/2022 - Council (Item 68)

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To consider the attached report of the Monitoring Officer.

 

Due to the size of the Constitution document it has been published as a separate supplementary paper.

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Minutes:

The Solicitor to the Council and the Monitoring Officer presented the Review of the Constitution.

 

The Leader of the Council would be asked separately to approve any changes relating to executive functions, but the Council was asked to approve the Scheme of Officer Delegations in its totality in the event that there had been an erroneous misclassification of functions.

 

It was moved by Councillor T J Bartlett, duly seconded by Councillor O C de R Richardson, and

 

RESOLVED:       That the proposed changes in the Review of the Constitution 2021/22, as set out in Appendix 1, and specifically those changes relating to Part 3, Responsibility for Functions, Section 1 (Responsibility for Local Choice Functions), Section 2 (Responsibility for Council Functions) and Section 6, Sub Section C (Scheme of Officer Delegations) that relate to Council functions be approved and incorporated into the Council’s Constitution, issue no. 24.

 


Meeting: 02/12/2021 - Governance Committee (Item 19)

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To consider the report of the Monitoring Officer (to follow).

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Minutes:

The Head of Governance & HR introduced the report to the Committee and provided Members with a summary of a number of changes to the Constitution that included: textual amendments to reflect changes in job titles and organisational structure changes; changes to the Members’ Allowances Scheme that had previously been agreed by full Council in January 2021; changes to the composition of Cabinet Portfolios and; a number of changes to the Scheme of Officer Delegations to reflect legislative changes, procedures or to provide increased transparency or clarity.

 

Councillor S H Beer suggested further amendments in addition to those in the report:

 

·        That reference to the Cabinet and Executive within the Constitution to be consistent. The Head of Governance & HR would review this to provide clarity.

 

·        That Article 7 Neighbourhood Forms be reviewed to either remove the reference or insert where they are implemented. The Head of Governance & HR would discuss this with the Head of Community & Digital Services.

 

·        That the word ‘substantially’ be removed from the last paragraph of Council Procedure Rule 11.5. The Democratic and Corporate Services Manager would make this amendment for the draft for full Council.

 

RESOLVED:   That it be recommended to Council that the proposed changes in the Review of the Constitution 2021/22, as set out in Appendix 1, and specifically those changes relating to Part 3, Responsibility for Functions, Section 1 (Responsibility for Council Functions) and Section 6, Sub Section C (Scheme of Officer Delegations) that relate to Council functions be approved and incorporated into the Council’s Constitution, issue no. 24.