To receive and consider a joint report from the Interim City Solicitor and the Director of Finance and IT providing details of the proposed amendments to the Constitution, including amendments to Contract Standing Orders and Financial Regulations recommended by Governance and Audit Committee.

It is recommended to Council that:

a)    the proposed amendments to the Constitution, as agreed and recommended to Council for approval by Governance and Audit Committee and as set out in the Interim City Solicitor’s report and appendices for the meeting of Governance and Audit Committee held on 21 April 2022; and

b)    the proposed amendments to the Council’s Contract Standing Orders and Financial Regulations, as agreed and recommended to Council for approval by Governance and Audit Committee and as set out in the Director of Finance and IT’s report and appendices for the meeting of Governance and Audit Committee held on 21 April 2022, subject to clarification of Paragraph 12.1 (Appendix 1 of the Director of Finance’s report to Governance and Audit Committee) as detailed in the decision of Governance and Audit Committee, and subject to the consistency of terminology relating to Appropriate Officer in Appendix 2 of the Director of Finance’s report to Governance and Audit Committee,

be approved and implemented;

c)    the Interim City Solicitor be granted delegated authority to make any consequential amendments required to the Council’s Constitution as a result of any recommendations approved by full Council.

(Mandy Hill – 07814 779101)

A joint report was submitted by the Interim City Solicitor and the Director of Finance and IT, which provided details of proposed amendments to the Council’s Constitution, including amendments to Contract Standing Orders and Financial Regulations as recommended by Governance and Audit Committee.

Resolved –

a)      That the proposed amendments to the Constitution, as agreed and recommended to Council for approval by Governance and Audit Committee and as set out in the Interim City Solicitor’s report and appendices for the meeting of Governance and Audit Committee held on 21 April 2022; and

b)      the proposed amendments to the Council’s Contract Standing Orders and Financial Regulations, as agreed and recommended to Council for approval by Governance and Audit Committee and as set out in the Director of Finance and IT’s report and appendices for the meeting of Governance and Audit Committee held on 21 April 2022, subject to clarification of Paragraph 12.1 (Appendix 1 to the Director of Finance’s report to Governance and Audit Committee) as detailed in the decision of Governance and Audit Committee, and subject to the consistency of terminology relating to Appropriate Officer in Appendix 2 of the Director of Finance’s report to Governance and Audit Committee,

be approved and implemented;

c)       That the Interim City Solicitor be granted delegated authority to make any consequential amendments required to the Council’s Constitution as a result of any recommendations approved by full Council.