To consider recommendations from the meeting of the General Purposes Committee, 30 June 2016  and answer questions asked under Rule No. 13.1.

(i)            Amendments to the Council’s Constitution            (to follow)

(ii)          Proposed revisions to the Wixams Joint Development Control Committee’s Terms of Reference                           (to follow)

(i)        Amendments to the Constitution

The Council considered recommendations from the General Purposes Committee concerning changes to the Constitution and the Procurement Procedure Rules.

RESOLVED

1.    that the changes to the Constitution set out at Appendix A to the submitted report be adopted and approved;

2.    that the ordering and formatting of the Constitution in the standard form be approved;

3.    that the Monitoring Officer be authorised to implement the changes and take any steps consequential, incidental or necessary to bring them into effect;

4.    that the proposed amendments to the Procurement Procedure Rules set out at Appendix B to the report be noted.

(ii)       Proposed Revisions to Terms of Reference and Standing Orders for the Wixams Joint Development Control Committee

The Council considered recommendations from the General Purposes Committee concerning amendments to the Terms of Reference and Standing Orders relating to the Wixams Joint Development Control Committee, and their inclusion in this Council’s Constitution.

RESOLVED

1.     that the proposed revisions to Part J2 of the Council’s Constitution, comprising the Terms of Reference of the Wixams Joint Development Control Committee, as reproduced at Appendix A to the submitted report, be approved;

2.     that the full Standing Orders of the Wixams Joint Development Control Committee, including the Scheme of Public Participation, be set out in the Council’s Constitution, as shown at Appendix A to the submitted report.