Agenda item

To consider the report of the Head of Legal & Democratic Services (attached).

The Council considered a report from the Governance Working Group containing its recommendations from its meeting on 27 January 2023 in relation to revisions to the ICT Code of Practice, revisions to the Social Media Protocol for Councillors, and adopting a Protocol for the appointment and role of Honorary Freemen and Honorary Aldermen.

RESOLVED that

(i)     the ICT Code of Practice at Part 5, Section C of the Constitution, be updated as set out at Annex A to this report;

(ii)   the Social Media Protocol for Councillors, one of the Documents which supports the Constitution, be updated as set out at Annex B to this report; and

(iii)  the Protocol for appointment and role of Honorary Freemen and Honorary Aldermen, as set out at Annex C to the agenda report, be adopted as a Document which supports the Constitution.