Issue - meetings

a)     Cabinet – Report 12 – 2008/09

b)     Constitution Review Working Group – Report 2 – 2008/09

Councillor Kober moved Cabinet Report 12 - 2008/09.

Councillor Cooke moved the Constitution Review Working Group Report 2 – 2008/09.   The report was agreed on a vote 30 for 20 against and 1 abstention.

RESOLVED:

1.      That Cabinet Report 12 – 2008/09 be received and adopted.

2.      That report 2 of the Constitution Review Working Group 2008/09 be received and that the following recommendations contained within it be agreed:

a) That the Members’ Allowances Scheme for 2009/10, set out at Appendix 1 to the report, be agreed and adopted as a replacement for Part 6 of the Council’s Constitution.

b) That the revised Scheme of Delegation to Officers, set out in Appendices 2 – 4 of the report, be agreed and adopted as amendments to the Council’s Constitution:

(i)                 Appendix 2 – text changes to Section 1 of the Scheme

“Introduction and Ground Rules” which is at Part 3, Section E.

(ii)               Appendix 3 – replacement for Appendix D, the Senior

Management Structure Schedule

(iii)             Appendix 4 – replacement for Appendix E to constitute the

“contents page” and Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 of the Scheme.

c) That the revision of the Council’s Financial Regulations, set out in Appendix 5, to the report be agreed and adopted as a replacement for Part 4, Section I of the Council’s Constitution.