Issue - decisions

RECOMMENDED:  1)         That the adoption of the draft Council Procedure Rules into Part 4 of the Constitution as set out in the report, to be effective from 1 January 2025, be approved. 

2)            The approval of the Schedule of Substantive Changes to the Constitution and Minor Amendments to Standing Orders set out in the report, to be effective from 1 January 2025 be approved subject to the following amendment:

• The budget meeting rules include a safety valve for amendments on the night if Members vote to allow this
• Notices of Motion - SO 7.9-  the total time limit shall be 60 minutes for the whole item and 30 mins each on the basis that the Mayor can decide to flex this as necessary
• That standing order 34 relating to attendance at Planning Committee by members be updated to require that Members give a brief summary of what they intend  to say under SO34 to the Chair and Dem Services which will be published in advance of the meeting.

3)    That the revised Proportionality be approved.

Reason for Decision

To fulfil the Council’s duty to review and keep its Constitution up to date.