Issue - meetings

Report by the Monitoring Officer (CC7).

At its Annual Meeting, Council is required to agree the officer scheme of delegation within the Council's Constitution. 

The Scheme of Officer Delegation is contained in Part 7.2 of the Council’s Constitution.  The Scheme itself gives delegated authority to the Head of Paid Service, directors and other chief officers whose titles and/or areas of responsibility are set out in Part 2, Article 13 of the Constitution.  Copies of the amended sections of the Constitution have been placed in the Members’ Resource Room.

Since the Constitution was fully reviewed in 2014-15, the Council has undertaken a senior management review. The only changes are those arising from the previously agreed senior management review. The consequential changes to the Constitution were agreed by Audit and Governance Committee in January 2017 and by Full Council in March 2017. As such these relate to changes in post title and do not create additional or new delegations of powers.

Council is RECOMMENDED to note the proposed amendments to Article 13 and to Part 7.2 of the Constitution and to approve the Scheme of Officer Delegation (Part 7.3) as amended.

Recommendations Agreed (nem con)

The Council had before them a report by the Monitoring Officer (CC7) which set out the proposed changes to the Council’s Officer Scheme of Delegation set out in the Constitution.

During debate, Members indicated that they would like a full Review of the Constitution. 

RESOLVED: (on a motion by Councillor Patrick, seconded by Councillor Gill Sanders and carried nem con) to note the proposed amendments to Article 13 and to Part 7.2 of the Constitution and to approve the Scheme of Officer Delegation (Part 7.3) as amended.