Decision details

RESOLVED:

1.          That reports 5– 6 /2005-6 of the Executive be received and adopted.

2.          That the reports of the General Purposes Committee of 8 March, 4

        July and 20 September 2005 be received.

3.           That the recommendation of the General Purposes Committee of 8 March 2005 in respect of attendance by statutory non-Councillor Members of Council Bodies be adopted as Part C8 of the Council’s Constitution.

4.           That the recommendation of the General Purposes Committee of 4 July 2005 in respect of Council Tax Base – Delegation of the annual Determination to the Director of Finance in consultation with the Executive Member for Finance be adopted and Parts E1 and F7 of the Council’s Constitution be amended accordingly.

5.           That the recommendation of the General Purposes Committee of 20 September 2005 in respect Children’s Service – Delegation to Officers, Amendment of Contract Standing Orders, Amending the Scheme of Delegation to Officers, and Web-casting of Executive and other Council meetings, be adopted and that Parts F7, G3, K1 and K5 of the Council’s Constitution be amended accordingly, subject to the tabled amendment to Part F7 whereby the power to deal with applications for compensation in respect of lost or stolen property of pupils is delegated to the Risk and Insurance Manager/Director of Finance. 

6.               That a further report be submitted to General Purposes Committee and Council dealing with the proposed Constitutional changes in those cases where there was disagreement between a Director and Executive Member in relation to delegated action.