Issue - meetings

To consider the Committee’s approach to the review of the Council’s Constitution.

The Committee considered a report on the deferred items in its programme for reviewing the Council’s Constitution.

At its meeting held on 17^th November 2011, the Committee had appointed a Constitution Task Group to consider and make recommendations on detailed changes to the Constitution. At the same time it had resolved that with the exception of the Finance Procedure Rules, the remaining review of the Constitution should be suspended until the Corporate Scrutiny Committee had concluded its review of the Council’s governance arrangements.

Council had since appointed a Joint Member Working Group to review the Council’s governance arrangements and that Group’s work was well underway. In the meantime, it was now necessary to consider amendments to the Council’s Budget and Policy Framework. It was also considered opportune to begin a review of the size and layout of the Constitution as a whole with a view to producing a more coherent and user-friendly document.

RESOLVED

That the Constitution Task Group be asked to consider proposed amendments to the Budget and Policy Framework and changes to the size and layout of the Constitution.