Issue - meetings

To report to this committee the decisions taken by the Chief Executive and Directors on the grounds of urgency, in compliance with Appendix 2 to the Constitution.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved:

(1)       To note the urgent decisions taken and the reasons for those decisions, since the last meeting of the Committee.

The Committee received a report informing it of the decisions taken by the Chief Executive and Directors on the grounds of urgency, in compliance with Appendix 2 to the Constitution – The Scheme of Delegation paragraph 3.1 since the last meeting.

The following matter was considered:

a)             Communication of urgent decisions. The Committee received a statement from a councillor in attendance at the meeting. The councillor informed the Committee that the first and third urgent decisions recorded in the report had not been reported in Member News, as required by Appendix 2, para 3.1 iii of the Constitution. The councillor requested the Chair to enquire as to the reason for this and report back to the next meeting on the steps that will be taken to make sure urgent decisions are recorded and communicated in the future. The councillor also requested that communication of urgent decisions be clearly marked as such in future. The Chair responded that he had already made the enquiry and that a response would be made to the next meeting of the Committee.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved:

(1)       To note the urgent decisions taken and the reasons for those decisions, since the last meeting of the Committee.