Issue - meetings

The Chairman has agreed to accept this item onto the agenda as an urgent matter in order to avoid delay as determined by the Council meeting held on 23 February 2011.

Further to Council’s consideration of proposed amendments to the Constitution at its meeting held on 23 February 2011 (Minute 570 refers), the Monitoring Officer submitted a further report as requested.  Council considered the proposed amendment relating to the role of Scrutiny Committees as detailed at paragraph 2.5 of the report now submitted.

Councillor Mrs M H Goldspink moved, and Councillor R Taylor seconded, a motion that paragraph 2.5 be amended with the inclusion of the words “before it comes to the Executive” after “…urgent business”.

Councillor J O Ranger commented that as the forward plan was usually blank, it was unnecessary to restrict this matter to forward plan items only.  Therefore, he suggested an amendment by deleting the words “in the Forward Plan”.  Councillor Mrs M H Goldspink agreed to accept this amendment.

After being put to the meeting and a vote taken, the motion was declared LOST.

Councillor A P Jackson moved, and Councillor M G Carver seconded, a motion that paragraph 2.5 be amended with the deletion of the words “in the Forward Plan”.  After being put to the meeting and a vote taken, the amendment was declared CARRIED.

Council approved the recommendations as now amended.

RESOLVED – that the amendment to the Constitution, as now amended, be approved.