Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: Rossetti Room, Cecil Street, Margate, Kent

Contact: Emily Kennedy 

Items
No. Item

54.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

There were no apologies.

55.

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.

56.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 9 KB

To approve the Minutes of the Constitutional Review Working Party meeting held on 11 August 2015, copy attached.

Minutes:

The Working Party AGREED that the minutes of the Constitutional Review Working Party held on 11 August 2015 be approved and signed by the Chairman.

57.

Member/Officer Protocol pdf icon PDF 311 KB

Minutes:

Further sections for consideration were highlighted by the Working Party and it was agreed that subject to these amendments, the draft Member/Officer Protocol could be presented at the next meeting of the Standards Committee for consideration.

58.

Constitution - Parts 1 and 2 pdf icon PDF 213 KB

Minutes:

Further sections for consideration were highlighted by the Working Party and it was agreed that subject to these amendments, the drafts of the Constitution Parts 1 and 2 could be presented at the next meeting of the Standards Committee for consideration.

59.

Constitution - Part 4 pdf icon PDF 205 KB

Minutes:

Councillor Taylor-Smith spoke under Council Procedure rule 24.1 raising points regarding Part 4 of the Constitution and asked for issues around etiquette to ward councillors to be considered in a “Local Member Protocol”.

 

Alex Hallam, Assistant Director of Essex Legal Services outlined the work she had done in reviewing Part 4 of the Constitution.

 

The Working Party agreed that the Monitoring Officer and Alex Hallam would review the sections highlighted in the meeting and an amended draft would be presented to the Standards Committee.