Issue - meetings
Required and Proposed Amendments to the Constitution
Meeting: 17/12/2015 - Council (Item 79)
79 Required and Proposed Amendments to the Constitution PDF 113 KB
This report sets out several proposed amendments to the Constitution. Appendices 1 – 6 deal with updates required to Contract Standing orders; Procurement Regulations, Budget Management and Financial Regulations, following scrutiny by the Corporate Audit Committee, Appendices 7 – 8 were drawn up following discussions with the Constitution Working Group.
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Additional documents:
- Amendments to the Constitution report - Appx 1, item 79 PDF 159 KB
- Amendments to the Constitution report - Appx 2, item 79 PDF 136 KB
- Amendments to the Constitution report - Appx 3 Scheme of Delegations, item 79 PDF 44 KB
- Amendements to the Constitution report - Appx 4 - Contract Standing Orders 2015, item 79 PDF 856 KB
- Amendments to the Constitution report - Appx 5, item 79 PDF 147 KB
- Amendments to the Constitution report - Appx 6, item 79 PDF 579 KB
- Amendments to the Constitution - Appx 7 CWG - recs to Council, item 79 PDF 109 KB
- Amendments to the Constitution report - Appx 8, item 79 PDF 60 KB
- Webcast for Required and Proposed Amendments to the Constitution
Minutes:
The Council considered a report, deferred from the meeting on 12th November, concerning various amendments to the Constitution.
On a motion from Councillor Tim Warren, seconded by Councillor Charles Gerrish, it was
RESOLVED
1. That the amendments to the Council’s Constitution as set out in Appendices 1 to 6 to the report be approved; and
2. That the business of the February 2016 Council meeting focuses on budget items only (with discretion to the Chairman to add urgent items to the agenda) and members of the public wishing to speak are limited to items relevant to the budget and for 90 minutes only, with written notification submitted prior to the meeting and the Chairman to ensure a full range of budget issues are covered.
[Notes:
1. During the debate, an amendment was moved by Councillor Dine Romero, seconded by Councillor Alison Millar, to approve appendices 1 to 6 but refer all remaining items back to the Constitution Working group. This motion was lost with 14 Councillors voting in favour, 40 against and 0 abstentions.
2. The wording underlined in resolution 2 above was proposed by Councillor Robin Moss and accepted into the substantive motion by the mover and seconder.
3. The successful resolution above was carried unanimously.
4. During the debate, a short adjournment was called to enable clarification on the wording of Councillor Robin Moss’ amendment.]
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Meeting: 12/11/2015 - Council (Item 66)
66 Required and Proposed Amendments to the Constitution PDF 113 KB
This report sets out several proposed amendments to the Constitution. Appendices 1 – 6 deal with updates required to Contract Standing orders; Procurement Regulations, Budget Management and Financial Regulations, following scrutiny by the Corporate Audit Committee, Appendices 7 – 8 were drawn up following discussions with the Constitution Working Group.
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Additional documents:
- Amendments to the Constitution report - Appx 1, item 66 PDF 159 KB
- Amendments to the Constitution report - Appx 2, item 66 PDF 136 KB
- Amendments to the Constitution report - Appx 3, item 66 PDF 70 KB
- Amendments to the Constitution report - Appx 4, item 66 PDF 860 KB
- Amendments to the Constitution report - Appx 5, item 66 PDF 147 KB
- Amendments to the Constitution report - Appx 6, item 66 PDF 579 KB
- Amendments to the Constitution report - Appx 7, item 66 PDF 201 KB
- Amendments to the Constitution report - Appx 8, item 66 PDF 60 KB
- Webcast for Required and Proposed Amendments to the Constitution
Minutes:
Following adjournment of the meeting, this item was deferred until the next meeting to take place on December 17th 2015.
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