Issue - meetings
Amendments to the Constitution - Report of the Constitution Working Group
Meeting: 20/03/2024 - Council (Item 35)
35 Amendments to the Constitution - Report of the Constitution Working Group 
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Summary/Purpose
To consider proposals from the Constitution Working Group for
amendments to the Constitution to update Part E2, the Employee Code of Conduct.
Recommendation(s)
That Full Council resolves to:
1. Authorise the Director of Governance & Development (Monitoring Officer) to update Part E2, the Employee Code of Conduct in the Constitution.
Additional documents:
- Annex A- Council Employee Conduct of Conduct Policy, item 35
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- Webcast for Amendments to the Constitution - Report of the Constitution Working Group
Minutes:
The Chair then invited those Publica staff who had left the room for the previous item back into the meeting.
The Chair invited the Leader, Councillor Joe Harris, to introduce the item. In doing so, the following points were made:
- The Employee Code of Conduct was an important document that set out the principles which Council employees would act under.
- The last update to the Employee Code of Conduct had taken place in 2007 and therefore it was important that a review of the document be undertaken.
- A review of the Business Conduct Policy which Publica operates had taken place in 2023 and the document before Council was noted as aligning closely to this.
- This policy would be kept under review as services return to the Council.
Councillor Mike Evemy in seconding the recommendations made the following points:
- The recognised Trade Unions which staff were represented by had endorsed the new Code of Conduct.
- There had been HR Policy updates recently with Member oversight from the HR Policies Task and Finish group led by Councillor Cunningham as part of the HR Policies Updates and this work built on that.
Council welcomed the contents of the report and specifically the inclusion of the Nolan Principles as part of the Employee Code of Conduct.
RESOLVED: That Full Council
1. AGREED to authorise the Director of Governance & Development (Monitoring Officer) to update Part E2, the Employee Code of Conduct in the Constitution.
Voting Record
30 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstention, 4 Absent/Did not vote
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Andrew Maclean |
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Claire Bloomer |
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Angus Jenkinson |
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Julia Judd |
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Chris Twells |
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Roly Hughes |
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Clare Turner |
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Tristan Wilkinson |
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Daryl Corps |
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David Cunningham |
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David Fowles |
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Dilys Neil |
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Gary Selwyn |
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Gina Blomefield |
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Helene Mansilla |
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Ian Watson |
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Jeremy Theyer |
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Joe Harris |
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Jon Wareing |
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Juliet Layton |
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Len Wilkins |
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Lisa Spivey |
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Mark Harris |
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Mike Evemy |
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Michael Vann |
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Mike McKeown |
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Nigel Robbins |
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Nikki Ind |
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Patrick Coleman |
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Paul Hodgkinson |
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Ray Brassington |
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Tom Stowe |
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Tony Dale |
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Tony Slater |
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