Issue - meetings
Changes to the Constitution
Meeting: 19/02/2020 - Council (Item 13)
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This report informs Council of a number of small changes to the Council’s Constitution. These are to reflect an increase in EU procurement thresholds and to remove some identified inconsistencies.
Additional documents:
Decision:
AGREED
(1) To approve the changes to the Constitution, as set out within the report.
(2) To authorise the Director of Legal, HR, Audit & Investigations to amend the Constitution accordingly, including making any necessary incidental of consequential changes.
(3) To note that, to the extent that the changes relate to executive functions of the Council, they have been approved by the Leader.
Minutes:
At this stage in proceedings, the Mayor advised that as the remaining time available for the meeting was shortly due to expire he would be moving the suspension of Standing Order 44 (Council Guillotine Procedure) in order to extend the time of the meeting by 30 minutes and enable consideration of this as the final item on the agenda. In accordance with Standing Order 42 (d) the procedural motion was put to the vote without further discussion and AGREED.
Councillor Muhammed Butt (Leader of the Council) introduced the report from the Director of Legal, HR Audit & Investigations which he advised detailed a number of small changes to the Council’s Constitution. These had been designed to reflect an increase in EU procurement thresholds and to remove a number of inconsistencies in current wording.
As no other members indicated they wanted to speak on the report, the Mayor put the recommendations to the vote by a show of hands and they were unanimously declared CARRIED.
It was therefore RESOLVED:
(1) To approve the changes to the Constitution, as set out within the report.
(2) To authorise the Director of Legal, HR, Audit & Investigations to amend the Constitution accordingly, including making any necessary incidental of consequential changes.
(3) To note that, to the extent that the changes relate to executive functions of the Council, they have been approved by the Leader.