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Apologies for Absence To receive apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from County Councillors E Vaughan, M Barnes, D Jones-Poston and T J Van-Rees. Apologies were also received from the Head of Finance [Section 151 Officer].
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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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Revisions to the Council's Constitution PDF 325 KB To receive and consider the report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee considered the proposed changes to the Constitution. The Head of Legal and Democratic Services advised that many of the changes were to reflect those required by the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.
Section 2 – Purpose, Definition, Interpretation and Amendment to the Constitution
It was moved and duly seconded to change Section 2 – Purpose, Definition, Interpretation and Amendment to the Constitution as detailed in the report.
Section 4 – Full Council
The Head of Legal and Democratic Services advised that draft guidance for members on how to develop a costed analysis of the financial and resource implications of a motion or an amendment would be considered by the Committee. The Committee considered the timescales for submission of motions and amendments and noted the two Options detailed in the report. The Committee agreed in principle to the timescales in Option 2 and changed the wording to read as follows:
Officers agreed that the wording be emailed to the Committee for final consideration prior to the final version being included in the Council agenda.
The Committee considered that, if agreed by Council, the process of providing financial and resource implications in respect of motions and amendments should be reviewed after a period of 12 months.
The Head of Legal and Democratic Services advised that paragraph 4.49.2.2 also linked to amendments in Section 15 - Budget Procedure Rules.
It was moved and duly seconded to change Section 4 – Full Council as detailed in the report, subject to the table regarding motions and amendments being included as detailed above and that a review of the process should take place after 12 months.
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