Amendments to Constitution
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To consider Amendments to the Constitution.
Decision:
RECOMMEND to Council that:
1. the amendments as detailed in Appendices A to F of the report be approved and the Constitution be amended accordingly; and
2. membership of the Governance & Audit Committee at Part 3, Section D1 (Delegations to Committees), which currently refers to “6 Members and 2 substitutes politically balanced” be amended to read “6 non-Cabinet Members and 2 substitutes politically balanced.”
Reasons for the decision:
The amendments are proposed in order to provide clarity within the Constitution, ensure consistency, and eliminate errors.
Alternative options considered:
· To agree each proposed amendment
· To disagree each proposed amendment
· To require alternative amendments
Report author: Sarah Wolstenholme-Smy
Publication date: 28/11/2017
Date of decision: 28/11/2017
Decided at meeting: 28/11/2017 - Cabinet
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