Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Chief Executive setting out a number of Constitutional changes.

The Council considered the report of the Chief Executive and presented by the Leader, providing an update on the arrangements for Executive Member Decision Days going forward.  The report also provided clarification of provisions regarding non-Executive Members and non-Committee Members speaking at Cabinet, individual Executive Member Decision Days and Committee meetings.

In response to a request from Councillor Collett, the Leader agreed that the amendment to the Constitution would also make reference to the Chairman of a committee or panel having the discretion to allow a Member to speak if, in exceptional circumstances, it had not been possible to give the required notice.

RESOLVED:

That the County Council:

a)        Delegates authority to the Monitoring Officer to amend the Constitution in order to give effect to the proposal in Paragraph 1.5 of the report.

b)        Delegates authority to the Monitoring Officer to amend the Constitution in order to give effect to the proposal in Paragraph 2 of the report.