The Director of Law, Governance and Strategy (Monitoring Officer) has submitted a report to seek approval to further amendments to the Constitution.

Recommendation: That Council resolves to:

1. Approve the updates to the Constitution, as listed in Appendix 1;
2. Delegate authority to the Monitoring Officer to make any other consequential amendments to the Constitution to reflect the changes in appendix 1 to the extent that they have not been identified in the above, provided such changes are purely required as a direct consequence.

Council resolved to:

1. Approve the updates to the Constitution, as listed in Appendix 1;
2. Delegate authority to the Monitoring Officer to make any other consequential amendments to the Constitution to reflect the changes in appendix 1 to the extent that they have not been identified in the above, provided such changes are purely required as a direct consequence.

The Director of Law, Governance and Strategy (Monitoring Officer) submitted a report to seek approval to further amendments to the Constitution.

Councillor Brown introduced and summarised the report, explaining that the changes made the constitution clearer and more consistent. The report updated the items required on the forward plan, made it easier for officers to be aware of upcoming decisions and the processes for making them and clarified who could place items on agendas. Councillor Brown commented that the rationale for a couple of the amendments was not clear and would be amended before publication.

On being seconded by Councillor Smowton, the recommendations were put to the vote and agreed.

Council resolved to:

1. Approve the updates to the Constitution, as listed in Appendix 1;
2. Delegate authority to the Monitoring Officer to make any other consequential amendments to the Constitution to reflect the changes in appendix 1 to the extent that they have not been identified in the above, provided such changes are purely required as a direct consequence.