Cllr Fleming proposed and Cllr Ms Lowe seconded that the consequential amendments made to Part 13 of the Council’s constitution under delegated powers, arising from the senior management reorganisation, be formally adopted.

As a direct consequence of the senior management reorganisation and the new governance structure, various amendments have been required to update the Council’s Constitution. In accordance with Part 2 para. 6. 1 (a) only a meeting of Full Council can adopt or change the Council’s Constitution, therefore delegated powers were granted to enable Officers to make the required changes.

Under the above delegated authority the Monitoring Officer had made the necessary amendments to the Council’s Constitution and these were in place when the new senior management structure took effect on 1 September 2013.   However, due to the substantial amendments required it was felt prudent to bring these to Members’ attention.

A Member requested that in future track changes be reflected on the documents provided to the Council.  The Member also suggested that the Standards Committee review the changes that had been made to delegations in relation to the Monitoring Officer’s role with the Standards Committee and that the Scrutiny Committee review the other changes that had been made.   In response, the Leader of the Council highlighted that this was a courtesy item to Council but that he was happy for the Chairman of the Standards Committee and the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee to give this some consideration.

Resolved: That the consequential amendments made to Part 13 of the Council’s constitution under delegated powers, arising from the senior management reorganisation, be formally adopted.