Agenda item

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report to seek member approval for updates to the council’s Constitution. The current form of the Constitution had been in place since the early 2000’s and had followed a standard government model proposed at the time. The report noted that in order to ensure that the Constitution reflected current council practices, functions and structures, as well as enabling efficient working of the authority it required some updates and amendments.

The report recommended a range of changes to the Constitution including amendments that reflected the current senior officer structure, changes to delegations, updates to financial procedures and thresholds as well as other amendments that reflected current practices and decision making structures within the council.

RESOLVED –

1.   That the amendments to the Constitution as detailed in the officer’s report be approved.

2.   That the delegations reflecting the new Corporate Management Team structure be confirmed.

3.   That the Constitution, as amended, be endorsed and published.