Issue - meetings

To receive the recommendations of the Standards Committee regarding proposed changes to Standing Orders in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution.

The Council received and considered the report of the Chief Legal Officer setting out the recommendations of the Standards Committee regarding proposed changes to Standing Orders in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution.

Councillor Mike Teasdale MOVED and Councillor Clive Smitheram SECONDED the adoption of the recommendations in the report.

Upon being put, the motion was CARRIED (unanimously).

Accordingly, it was RESOLVED that:

(1)          The revised Rules of Procedure for Council and Committee meetings, set out at Annex 1 to the report, be approved;

(2)          The revised Contract Standing Orders,  set out at Annex 2 to the report, be approved for inclusion in Part 4, Section 6 of the Constitution,  subject to the correction of paragraph 5.45 to read as follows: “For procurement valued above the OJEU limit, tenders shall be evaluated by at least two officers including a representative from the Finance Department and the relevant department”;

(3)          The proposed Protocol and Guidance on recording, photography and the use of social media, set out at Annex 3 to the report, be approved for inclusion in Part 5 of the Constitution;

(4)          The inclusion of the Council’s Petition Scheme, (approved at its meeting in July 2010), be approved in Part 2 as Article 16 of the Council’s Constitution, as set out at Annex 4 to the report;

(5)          authority be delegated to the Monitoring Officer to make any further changes as may be necessary arising out of this report in consultation with the Chairman of the Standards Committee;

(6)          the Council noted that in accordance with authority already delegated to the Monitoring Officer, changes would be made to job titles in the remainder of Part 4 of the Constitution to update in line with the management structure.