Agenda and minutes

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30.

Apologies for Absence

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Apologies were received from Councillor Paul Hayes, Cllr Julie McManus, Cllr Paul Stuart  and Independent Member Professor Ronald Jones.

31.

Declarations of Interests

Members are asked to consider whether they have any disclosable pecuniary interests and/or any other relevant interest in connection with any item(s) on this agenda and, if so, to declare them and state the nature of the interest.

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Members were asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests and any other relevant interest and to state the nature of the interest. No such declarations were made.

32.

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To approve the accuracy of the minutes of the meeting held on 22 February 2023.

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Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting held on be approved on 22 February 2023 be held as a correct record.

33.

Public and Member Questions

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No public questions or statements were received in advance of the committee meeting.

34.

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION pdf icon PDF 390 KB

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The Head of Democratic and Member Services introduced the report of the Director of Law and Governance. The report provided a summary of the discussions held by the Governance Working Group in respect to proposed changes to the Constitution. The proposed changes were in relation to: Sharing written responses to public questions with the public (SO 10.9 (c) and 12.6 (c)), sharing of motions and amendments without notice (SO 14(h)),  acceptance of grant funding by Officers, and Questions to members appointed to Joint Authorities at Council meetings (SO12.1).

 

Members commented that these changes would allow for further transparency within the council by including written responses to questions within minutes for meetings.

 

On a motion by the Chair, seconded by Councillor Onwuemene, it was,

 

Resolved - that the suggested amendments to the Standing Orders as detailed in sections 3.2 to 3.5 of the report be incorporated into the Constitution and presented for approval at the Annual Council Meeting in May 2023.