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Apologies for Absence To receive apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from County Councillors M Barnes, L V Corfield and R Williams and County Councillor T J Van-Rees who was on other Council business.
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Minutes of Previous Meeting(s) PDF 317 KB To authorise the Chair to sign the minutes of the previous meeting held on 5 July 2021 as a correct record. Minutes: The Chair was authorised to sign the minutes of the meeting held on 5 July 2021 as a correct record, subject to it being noted that Councillor K Silk having given apologies was not present at the meeting.
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Declarations of Interest To receive and consider declarations of interests from Members relating to items to be considered on the agenda. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest.
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To consider the report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee considered the report regarding proposed changes to the Constitution.
It was moved and duly seconded to change Section 4 – Full Council as detailed in the report.
Section 11– Officers
It was moved and duly seconded to change Section 11 – Officers as detailed in the report.
Governance and Audit Committee – Section 9 (Regulatory Committees)
The Committee noted that the recommended changes had been supported by the Governance and Audit Committee the previous day. The size of the Committee was discussed and it was noted that the legislation required that the number of councillors on the committee be reduced and the numbers of independent members increased to comprise one third of the Committee.
It was moved and duly seconded to change Section 9 (Regulatory Committees) – Governance and Audit Committee as detailed in the report.
Finance Panel and Section 7 (Scrutiny Procedure Rules)
Concerns were raised about the proposed changes to the Finance Panel, it having a scrutiny role in respect of monitoring budgets, a role in budget setting and also having meetings in public and in private. Comment was made that trying to improve communication between the main political group and opposition groups regarding budgets would not be achieved through a Finance Panel. The Head of Legal and Democratic Services advised that the Finance Panel had acknowledged that its current set up was not working and the proposals were supported. The Chair advised that a concern of the current Finance ... view the full minutes text for item 4. |