Agenda item

Councillor Matthew Vaux, Cabinet Member for Partnerships, Housing, Legal and Governance and Public Protection presented the report to Council noting that the proposed amendments had been considered by the Constitution Working Group at is meetings dated 26 September 2023 and 14 November 2023, and providing an outline of the content of each document.

The Corporate Lead Officer for Legal and Governance and Monitoring Officer noted that the amendment to document 3.5J did not go to the Constitution Working Group. However, this information is duplicated in document P.

It was also noted that information had been omitted in Appendix 10 which should specify Overview and Scrutiny x 5 Members and Governance and Audit Committee x 2 members and 1 Lay member – it was confirmed that the omitted information would to be inserted completed before publication.

Councillor Gareth Lloyd noted his appreciation that attention was drawn to developments post-consideration by the Constitution Working Group.

Following discussion, it was RESOLVED to:

a)    Approve the changes to the Constitution (at Appendices 1 – 10); and

b)    Authorise the Monitoring Officer to update the Council’s Constitution to reflect the changes.