Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services

The Head of Legal and Democratic Services submitted a report updating Members on the progress of the review of the Constitution, which also sought agreement to transitional arrangements for dealing with Standards complaints presented before 1 March 2017.

Council approved the recommendations as now detailed.

RESOLVED – that (A) the report on the review of the Constitution be noted; and

(B)      current Members of the Standards Sub Committee remaining in place to deal with any matters presented to them before 1 March 2017, be approved.

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report which provided an update on the progress in reviewing and updating the Constitution.  The Monitoring Officer put it to Members that the report was for noting and the Constitution Working Group and the Leadership Team would be receiving update reports before a final report was submitted to Council on 10 May 2017.

Councillor M Allen, a Member of the Constitution Working Group, stated that better cross referencing and an improved index was discussed at the Working Group and that this should be done as it would make the Constitution simpler to navigate. 

Members were advised by the Monitoring Officer that the comments raised would be fed back regarding the review of the Constitution to be considered.  The Committee noted the update.

RESOLVED – that the update be noted.