The Head of Law and Governance has submitted a report requesting Council approve the recommended changes to the Council’s Constitution following an annual review of the Constitution overseen by a Cross-Party Constitution Review Working Group.

Councillor Susan Brown, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Inclusive Economy and Partnerships will present the report and propose the recommendations.

Recommendations: that Council resolves to:

1.    Approve the list of proposed amendments to the Council’s Constitution listed in Appendix A with effect from 17 May 2023;

2.    Delegate authority to the Head of Law and Governance to amend any further wording and/or numbering that is identified as being inconsistent with the changes approved by Council.

Council considered a report from the Head of Law and Governance requesting Council approve the recommended changes to the Council's Constitution following an annual review of the Constitution overseen by a Cross-Party Constitution Review Working Group.

Cllr Brown, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Inclusive Economy and Partnerships introduced the report, proposed the recommendations subject to the addition of ‘or s151 Officer’ after ‘Monitoring Officer’ at proposal 15 set out in Appendix A of the report and answered questions.

The recommendation was agreed on being seconded by Cllr Mundy and put to the vote.

Council resolved to:

1.    Approve the list of proposed amendments to the Council’s Constitution listed in Appendix A, subject to the minor amendment set out above, with effect from 17 May 2023;

2.    Delegateauthority to the Head of Law and Governance to amend any further wording and/or numbering that is identified as being inconsistent with the changes approved by Council.

Cllr Jarvis left the meeting.