The Council has a statutory duty to maintain an up to date Constitution, Local Government Act 2000, the Constitution must cover standing orders, delegations and code of conduct for members, it can also have local conditions and rules that reflect its own area and how to make decisions. The Monitoring Officer (MO) has the responsibility to ensure that the Council’s Constitution is up to date. To facilitate this the Council under Article 12 has convened a Constitution Working Group (CWG) which is a cross party working group that consults with the MO on changes necessary to ensure an effective and up to date Constitution is maintained by the Council.

Following discussion Cllr Kendall MOVED and Cllr Lewis SECONDED the recommendations in the report. Members voted and it was RESOLVED to:

R1 Agree the nominations for the Constitutional Working Group set out in paragraph 9 for the next municipal year.

REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS

In line with the Council’s constitution.