Issue - items at meetings - Review of Part 9.4 of the Constitution

Report of the Director of Strategic Resources (copy attached).

24.1    The Committee considered a report of the Strategic Director of Resources in relation to the review of part 9.4 of the Council’s Constitution guidance to Members and Officers serving on outside bodies. The Senior Lawyer, Oliver Dixon, explained that the report recommended the Committee agree a proposed set of amendments. Part 9.4 of the Constitution provided guidance to Members and Officers, and it was highlighted there had been recent regulatory changes which had created the necessity for an update; particularly in relation to directors’ duties, bribery and indemnity.

24.2    Councillor Lepper said that many Members sat on outside bodies which they were not appointed to by the Council, and the Senior Lawyer clarified that the revised guidance would reflect and cover this.

24.3    The Head of Law and Monitoring Officer also noted that the guidance could be adopted, or used as an informative, by Rottingdean Parish Council.

24.4    RESOLVED – That the Committee agrees the amended version of Part 9.4 of the Councils Constitution, as set out at Appendix 1, and recommends it to the Governance Committee for consideration and Council for approval.