Issue - meetings

To approve the recommendations of the Constitution Committee.

The Constitution Committee had considered a report, which advised them on the content of the revised Whistleblowing Policy, which formed part of the Constitution and required endorsement by the Constitution Committee, prior to its referral to full Council for approval and adoption.

           The Committee had made number of suggestions in relation to the Policy, including that the wording of the Policy should reflect the fact that it also applied to elected Members as well as employees; the Whistleblower should be kept up to date on progress with the investigation; and the telephone number for the external auditor be included. The Committee had recommended that Council agree that the Borough Solicitor and Monitoring Officer, in liaison with the Vice Chairman of the Constitution Committee, agree the wording of proposed changes to the revised Policy. In light of this, a meeting had taken place between the Vice- Chairman, Cllr Marren and the Borough Solicitor, where amendments were agreed and these were circulated at the Council meeting.

RESOLVED 

1.     That the revised Whistleblowing Policy, as circulated at the meeting, be adopted and included in the Constitution.