Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Corporate Governance Working Group (copy enclosed).

The Council considered the report of the Corporate Governance Working Group (the Working Group) and its recommendations on the principles of a new committee structure as part of the Council’s Transformation Programme. 

Members were reminded of the specific brief for the Working Group agreed by the Council at its last meeting to consider matters around a new committee structure for the Council.  The report set out the principles for discussion identified by the Working Group including the statutory requirement to fulfil certain regulatory functions which had been taken into account.

A revised Committee Structure was set out at Appendix 1 to the report with the functional responsibilities and cycle of meetings summarised in Appendix 2.  The principles of membership of the new Committees was detailed in Appendix 3.

RESOLVED

(i)              That the principle of the revised committee structure as shown in Appendix 1 to the report, with the functional responsibilities and cycle of meetings as summarised in Appendix 2, be approved;

(ii)            that the principles of membership of the new Committees as set out in Appendix 3 to the report, with a review of towards the end of the municipal year 2019 / 20, be approved;

(iii)          That the concept of an incremental approach to the approving of elements of the new Constitution with a view to their taking full effect in October 2019 following its completion and adoption, be endorsed.