Agenda and minutes

Constitutional Review Working Party - Tuesday, 4th August, 2015 10.00 am

Venue: Montefiore Room, Council Offices, Cecil Street. Margate. View directions

Contact: Emily Kennedy 

Items
No. Item

44.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

There were no apologies.

45.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of interest.  Members are advised to consider the extract from the Standard Board Code of Conduct for Members, which forms part of the Declaration of Interest Form at the back of this Agenda.  If a Member declares an interest, they should complete that Form and hand it to the Officer clerking the meeting.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

46.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 106 KB

To approve the Minutes of the Constitutional Review Working Party meeting held on 2 September 2014 copy attached.

Minutes:

The Working Party AGREED that the minutes of the Constitutional Review Working Party held on 2 September 2014 be approved and signed by the Chairman.

47.

Member/Officer Protocol pdf icon PDF 135 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Alex Hallam, Assistant Director of Essex Legal Services outlined the work she had done in reviewing the Member/Officer Protocol.

 

The Working Party agreed that the Monitoring Officer and Alex Hallam would review the sections of the Member/Officer Protocol highlighted in the meeting and an amended draft showing the proposed changes would be presented at the next meeting.

 

It was agreed that further consideration should be given to which sections would be best placed in the Constitution and what should be included in the Protocol.

 

In addition, it was agreed that Parts 1 and 2 of the Constitution would be brought for consideration to the next meeting and that Alex Hallam would give a broad outline of the work undertaken on Part 4.