Decision details

Referral from the Constitution & General Purposes Committee - Constitution Review

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

Councillor Melvin Cohen, Chairman of the Constitution and General Purposes Committee, moved reception and adoption of the recommendations in the report. Debate ensued.

 

On the recommendations in the report being put to the vote, the recommendations were agreed.  Votes were recorded as follows:

 

For

59

Against

2

Abstain

0

Absent

2

Total

63

 

RESOLVED that Council:

 

1.     That Council noted the report of the Constitution & General Purposes Committee held on 7 October 2019 (Annex 1) and the agreed and rejected amendments as detailed in Section 1.2 of the report of officers.

 

2.     That Council approved the Constitution amendments as set out in Appendices A to C.

 

3.     That Council authorised the Monitoring Officer and Chief Legal Advisor to implement these revisions and publish a revised Constitution.

 

Publication date: 26/11/2019

Date of decision: 29/10/2019

Decided at meeting: 29/10/2019 - Council

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