Agenda item - Review of the Council’s Constitution - October 2015

Extract from the proceedings of the Policy & Resources Committee meeting held on the 15^th October 2015 (to be circulated), together with a report of the Monitoring Officer (copy attached).

34.1         The Mayor noted that the report on the review of the Council’s Constitution had been referred from the Policy & Resources Committee for approval and called on Councillor Morgan to introduce the report.

34.2         Councillor Morgan formally moved the report.

34.3         The Mayor noted that there were no other speakers and that the recommendations had been formally moved and put them to the vote.

34.4         RESOLVED:

(1)          That the proposed changes to the Council’s constitution set out in paragraphs 3.2 to 3.4 (Procedure for Dismissing Certain Statutory Officers), 3.5 to 3.6 (Appointment of Chief Executive to be on the recommendation of the Appointments and Remuneration Panel), 3.9 (terms of reference of the Health & Wellbeing Board), 3.12 (Sustainable Community Strategy), 3.13 (Policy & Resources Committee Terms of Reference) and 3.15 to 3.16 (Contract Standing Orders) be approved;

(2)          That the Acting Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer be authorised to take all steps necessary or incidental to the implementation of the changes agreed by Policy & Resources Committee and Full Council respectively and that the Monitoring Officer be authorised to amend and re-publish the Council’s constitutional documents to incorporate the changes.

(3)          That the changes come into force immediately following Council approval.