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Amendments to the Constitution - Report of the Constitution Working Group

 

 

Meeting: 22/01/2025 - Council (Item 69)

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Purpose

To consider proposals from the Constitution Working Group to modernise the Constitution:

i)             to update Part D8 of the Constitution relating to the Chief Executive’s Urgency Powers, and,

ii)            introduce a Local Ward Member Protocol.

 

Recommendations

That Council resolves to:

  1. Authorise the Director of Governance & Development (Monitoring Officer) to update Part D8 - Matters of Urgency, in the Constitution
  2. That Council approves the addition of a Local Ward Member Protocol into the Constitution.

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Minutes:

The report of the Constitution Working Group (CWG) was introduced by the Leader, Councillor Joe Harris, who thanked the CWG for the work they do and continue to do.

 

Councillors discussed the report and councillors made the following points:

  • The end of paragraph 4.5 in the report should read ‘of which the member had no previous knowledge’.
  • The work of the working group and Mike Evemy’s chairing were praised.
  • The importance of keeping the constitution up to date was highlighted and issues like attendance at virtual meetings were discussed.
  • The need for ward members to be aware of significant developments within their areas was stressed to ensure that members were not blindsided and there were no surprises.

 

The recommendations in the report were proposed by Councillor Mike Evemy and seconded by Councillor David Fowles, put to the vote and agreed by Council.

 

 

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