Appendices V, VI and VII added 20.3.18

The Council was asked to agree changes to the Constitution, which had been considered by the General Purposes Committee.  The Mayor drew attention to the working papers and the index sheet which set out where the appropriate working papers could be located for each recommendation.

The Leader drew attention to an amendment to the wording on page 149 of the agenda, to reflect the recommendation of the General Purposes Committee, and another Member advised of some minor amendments to the Standards Committee Procedure Rules.

Resolved:

(1) That the revised scheme of officer delegation, as set out in the revised working paper be agreed.

(2) That the proposed amendments to the procedure rules for the Standards Committee as set out in the revised working paper be agreed.

(3) That the proposed clarification of the arrangements relating to exempt reports in exceptional circumstances, as set out in the revised working paper, subject to an amendment to change the words ‘but not limited to’ to ‘and limited to’, be agreed.

(4) That the proposed revisions to Contract Standing Orders be adopted.

(5) That the Local Development Framework Panel be renamed the Local Plan Panel.

(6) That the revisions to the Council Procedure Rules, as set out in the working paper, be adopted.

(7) That the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, as set out in the working paper, be adopted.

(8) That the Code of Conduct complaint assessment criteria, as set out in the working paper, be adopted.