Agenda item

Report from Special Committee (Constitution Review)

Minutes:

Councillor Melvin Cohen moved adoption and reception of the report Special Committee (Constitution Review).

 

RESOLVED –

 

1.         That the amendments to the Contract Procedure Rules, set out in the report and in Appendix B to the report, be approved.

2.         That the monitoring/advisory role of the current Standards Committee and the role of satisfying the council’s continuing duty to promote and maintain high standards of conduct for Members and ethical standards in general be transferred to the Special Committee (Constitution Review).

 

3.         That the name of the Special Committee (Constitution Review) be changed to the Constitution, Ethics and Probity Committee in order to reflect the additional role of the Special Committee (Constitution Review) as reflected in recommendation 2 above.

 

4.         That two ‘independent persons’ with the statutory role of giving views on any complaint about the conduct of a member of the authority should be recruited through public advertisement, with the Independent Members of the existing Standards Committee being invited to apply.

 

5.         That the amendments to the Code of Conduct for Members be approved.

 

6.         That the Head of Governance makes the necessary revisions to the Council’s Constitution.

 

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