Cabinet Members' Items - Report of the Corporate Finance & Governance Portfolio Holder - A.4 - Annual Review of the Council's Constitution
March 17, 2025 Cabinet (Cabinet collective) Awaiting outcome View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
Cabinet recommended to Council that the Council's Constitution be amended to reflect proposed changes, including increasing the Audit Committee membership to seven from April 2025. Cabinet also supported introducing a new report template box for devolution implications and amending the Scheme of Delegation regarding Traffic Regulation Orders.
Full council record
Decision
RESOLVED that Cabinet–
- RECOMMENDS TO COUNCIL that:
(a) the Council’s Constitution be amended to reflect the proposed changes as set out in Appendices A to J attached hereto this report (A.4);
(b) the membership of the Audit Committee be increased to seven (from five) with effect from the Annual Meeting of the Council on 29 April 2025; and
(c) it supports the intention to introduce from April 2025 a new box within the standard template for Cabinet and Committee reports and that the new box will be headed “Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation Implications”.
- supports the intention to introduce from April 2025 a new box within the standard template for Cabinet and Committee reports and that the new box will be headed “Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation Implications”.
- supports the Leader of the Council’s proposal to amend the Scheme of Delegation to Portfolio Holders, especially in relation to the process regarding Traffic Regulation Orders, as set out in Appendix K.
Related Meeting
Cabinet - Monday, 17th March, 2025 10.30 am on March 17, 2025
Details
| Decision date | 17 Mar 2025 |