Voting record
Council, Wednesday, 16th July, 2025 6.00 pm
Item: Recommendations from Constitution Working Group
To APPROVE the recommendations of the Constitution Working Group:
Resolution status:
Carried
RESOLVED that Council:
1. AGREED to the establishment of an Appeals Committee with responsibility for considering appeals by the Council’s statutory officers about disciplinary action taken against them, in accordance with the Local Government Association’s Model Procedure;
2. AGREED that the Appeals Committee will be a politically balanced committee comprising 5 Members, including one Member of Cabinet, who are not members of the Performance and Appointments Committee, with a quorum of 3 Members;
3. APPOINTED Councillors Dale ,Fowles, Mansilla, Slater and Wilkinson to the Appeals Committee;
4. Authorise the Director of Governance, in consultation with the Chair of the Constitution Working Group, to include the Appeals Committee within the Constitution;
5. NOTED that further proposals relating to Statutory Officer employment rules will be considered by the Constitution Working Group.
6. AUTHORISED the Director of Governance and Development, in consultation with the Chair of the Constitution Working Group, to include within the Planning Protocol a deadline for representations to the Planning and Licensing Committee of 2.00pm two working days before a meeting.
| Vote | Councillors | Count |
|---|---|---|
| For | Blomefield, Brassington, Bridges, Coleman, Corps, Cunningham, Evemy, Fowles, Hall-Wilson, Harris, Harris, Hodgkinson, Ind, Jenkinson, Judd, Layton, Maclean, Mansilla, McKeown, Slater, Spivey, Stowe, Theyer, Vann, Watson, Wilkinson and Wilkins | 27 |
| Against | None | 0 |
| Abstain | None | 0 |
| Conflict Of Interests | None | 0 |