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Minutes of last meeting  PDF 72 KB
Minutes:
RESOLVED that the
minutes of the meeting held on 16 March 2017 be approved as a
correct record.
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Absence of Members
Minutes:
Apologies for absence had been
received from:
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Councillor Richard Cornelius who was substituted for
by Councillor Anthony Finn; and
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Councillor Ross Houston who was substituted for by
Councillor Alan Schneiderman.
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Declaration of Members' Disclosable Pecuniary interests and Non Pecuniary interests (If any)
Minutes:
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Report of the Monitoring Officer (If any)
Minutes:
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Public Questions and Comments (If any)
Minutes:
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Members' Items (If any)
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Constitution Review PDF 136 KB
Additional documents:
Minutes:
RESOLVED that:
1.
The Committee recommend to Council that
the Constitution be amended to incorporate the changes set out in
the table below and the track change versions attached at Appendix
A to Appendix E.
2.
The Committee recommend to Council that
the Constitution be amended to incorporate the changes to the
speaking arrangements for planning committees as set out Appendix
F.
3.
The Committee agree that the Monitoring
Officer be delegated authority, in consultation with the Chairman,
to make changes to Article 9 (Chief Officers) and Responsibility
for Functions, Annex B (Scheme of Delegated Authority to Officers)
to reflect the new senior management structure agreed by the
General Functions Committee on 3 May 2017.
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Reference (papers submitted to
Committee)
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Changes contained in the report to
Constitution, Ethics and Probity Committee
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Recommendation to Full Council
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25A Members Code of Conduct
– Procedure for Dealing with Complaints
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Pages 19 – 38
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1.
Delete section 1 (Introduction).
2.
Delete section 2 (The Members Code of
Conduct).
3.
Delete section 3 (The Independent
Person).
4.
Revised the section titled ‘Making an
Allegation’ to refer to the Monitoring Officer rather than a
specific named individual.
5.
Revised the section titled ‘Assessment of an
allegation’ to clarify the role of the Monitoring Officer and
the procedure to be followed
6.
Amendments to the section titled ‘The
investigation’.
7.
Delete the section titled ‘Where the
Monitoring Officer/Investigating Officer concludes that there is no
evidence of a failure to comply with the Code of
Conduct’.
8.
Delete the section titled ‘Where the
Monitoring Officer/Investigating Officer concludes that there is
evidence of a failure to comply with the Code of
Conduct’.
9.
Delete a paragraph from the section titled
‘Appeals’.
10.
Amend the section titled ‘Reports’ to
change the requirement from the six-monthly report to the Committee
to an annual report.
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Agreed as per report
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Responsibility for Functions,
Annex B, Scheme of Delegated Authority to Officers
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Pages 39 – 40
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Amend the Delegated Authority for the Commissioning
Director Adults & Health (Director of Adult Social Services) to
include a reference to the Care Act 2014.
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Agreed as per report
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Council Procedure
Rules
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Pages 41 – 61
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1.
Delete section 2, 16 (Motions for the Adjournment)
as this provision is not used in practice.
2.
Amend section 6 (Variation) to give only the Mayor
the discretion to vary the order of business.
3.
Amend section 7 (Suspension of Procedure Rules) to
clarify the wording.
4.
Delete the heading ‘Rules that apply to the
whole of council meetings’
5.
Delete the provision in section 9 (General provision
for motions and amendments) that enables a motion to be referred to
a committee for consideration. Members
are able to add matters for debate to committee agendas via the
Members Items mechanism.
6.
Delete section 9.4.
7.
Delete provision 10.3 (relating to the submission of
amendments after 10.30am on the day of the council meeting) from
section 10 (Alternations to motions or amendments)
8.
Delete section 11 (Withdrawal ...
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