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.
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure
- Report of Special Committee (Constitution Review) 27.06.12, item 17. PDF 35 KB
- Annex A - Cessation of Corporate Health and Safety Joint Negotiation and Consultation Committee, item 17. PDF 104 KB
- Appendix A: Constitution extract referring to the Corporate Health and Safety Joint Negotiation and Consultation Committee, item 17. PDF 48 KB
- Appendix B: J1 – Trade Union and Employee Engagement Framework - Additional arrangements for consultation in Health, Safety and Welfare., item 17. PDF 158 KB
- Annex B - Revised Contract Procedure Rules, item 17. PDF 91 KB
- Appendix A – Contract Procedure Rules (revised), item 17. PDF 161 KB
- Annex C - Standards Arrangements, item 17. PDF 104 KB
- Annex D - Code of Conduct for Members with amendments (including amendments made by the Committee), item 17. PDF 61 KB