Issue - meetings

a)     The Constitution Review Working Group – report 1/2009-10

Councillor Kober moved the Constitution Review Working Group Report 1 – 2009/10 together with the circulated addendum.   

RESOLVED:

That report 1 of the Constitution Review Working Group 2009/10 and addendum be received and that the following recommendations contained within it be agreed:

1.      That the statutory duty placed on the Council to resolve to adopt a new form of executive arrangements by 31 December 2009, to come into effect in May 2010 be noted.

2.      That the differences between existing executive arrangements and the new options contained in the 2007 Act as set out in section five and appendix one of the report be noted.

3.      That the Constitution Review Working Group have member oversight of the implementation of new executive arrangements in Haringey and formulate recommendations for consideration and adoption by full Council as required.

4.      That to ensure compliance with the statutory timelines for implementation of new executive arrangements, the indicative implementation timetable and route map as outlined in section ten and illustrated in appendix two of the report be adopted by Council on 18 May 2009.

5.      That the suggested approach for consultation as set out in section eleven and illustrated in appendix three of the report be adopted by Council on 18 May 2009.