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Decision details
Amendments to the Council's Constitution
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decisions:
The Chief Legal Officer submitted a report asking Cabinet to consider amendments to the Council’s Constitution.
The Council's Constitution is the basis for the Council's Corporate Governance. It needs amending on a regular basis either as a result of discussions at Working Arrangements Group and/or changes in legislative provisions or working practices.
Working Arrangements Group met on 16th January 2019 to discuss the proposed amendments.
Parts 1 and 2 had minor amendments to reflect that there is only one Overview and Scrutiny Committee now.
Part 3 updated legislation.
Part 4 updated the rules of procedure concerning submitted questions. This would make it more consistent with other parts of the constitution that also deal with submitted questions.
Part 5 made changes to the Planning Protocol. The changes made clearer when applications would be referred to Planning Committee. This included applications on Foreshore Land as HBC is a trustee of the land.
There were changes to paragraph 56 which dealt with planning application petitions. These would clarify for members of the public on how to submit petitions including references to guidance from the council’s website.
Part 8 changes added and removed relevant legislation. This section dealt with delegated responsibility to officers.
Part 9 changes were in line with other Local Authorities and the Procurement hub.
Under rule 13.3, the recommendations of the report were agreed without being called for discussion.
RESOLVED that:
1. To recommend that the amendments to the Council's Constitution be adopted by Full Council.
The reason for this decision was:
The Council's Constitution is the basis for the Council's Corporate Governance.
Report author: Christine Barkshire-Jones
Publication date: 10/04/2019
Date of decision: 04/02/2019
Decided at meeting: 04/02/2019 - Cabinet
Accompanying Documents:
- Constitutional Changes Cabinet 4th February 2019 PDF 122 KB
- Part 1 Constitution - Executive Summary (February 2019) PDF 227 KB
- Part 2 Constitution - Articles of the Constitution (February 2019) PDF 208 KB
- Part 3 Constitution - Responsibility for Functions PDF 441 KB
- Part 4 Constitution - Rules of Procedure (February 2019) PDF 454 KB
- Part 5 Constitution - Codes and Protocols (February 2019) PDF 211 KB
- Part 5 Constitution - Planning Protocol (February 2019) PDF 155 KB
- Part 6 Constitution - Councillor's Allowances (February 2019) PDF 74 KB
- Part 8 Constitution - Standing Instructions to Authorised Officers (February 2019) PDF 297 KB
- Part 9 Constitution - Financial Rules (February 2019) PDF 102 KB
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