Agenda item

This report includes an update to the Committee on the progress in reviewing the Council’s Constitution in preparation for the introduction of the mayoral model of governance.

At this point in the proceedings and in line with the Council’s Constitution, the Vice-Chair Councillor Karen Jewitt took the Chair for the following General Purposes Items.

The Committee received a report updating Councillors on progress in reviewing the Council’s Constitution in preparation for the introduction of the Mayoral model of governance and sought approval for other appropriate changes to the Constitution.

Heather Wills, Governance Improvement Advisor introduced the report.

The following matters were raised by Members:

a)         Amendment to 2.1: Members asked that the presentation of information relating to Members and Wards be simplified. The Officer agreed to pick this comment up as part of the changes to bring forward in March

b)         Planning Matters: A Member asked about progress on changes drafted in respect to Planning matters in the Constitution some time ago and asked whether these could be looked in to. The Officer agreed to get an update on these matters.

Following consideration, it was resolved that the Committee:

1.         Approved the changes to the Constitution as detailed in Section 2 and set out more fully in Appendix 1 of the report.