Agenda item

To consider the report of the Executive Head of Corporate (attached).

The Council received a report from the Governance Working Group. The Working Group had reviewed the role and purpose of the Employment Committee and its sub committees after several months of operation and had recommended a number of changes to their Terms of Reference.

The Working Group had also reviewed Financial Regulations in respect of ex gratia payments and recommended amendments to the document. These proposed amendments reflected the recommendations included in the Browne Jacobson report on the decision to award the Chief Executive an additional duties allowance.

It was proposed by Councillor Alan McClafferty, seconded by Councillor Josephine Hawkins, and

RESOLVED that

(i)       the Terms of Reference of the Executive, Committees and Other Bodies at Part 3 of the Constitution, be amended as set out at Annex A to the agenda report;

(ii)     the Officer Employment Rules at Part 4 of the Constitution be amended as set out at Annex B to the agenda report;

(iii)   the Scheme of Delegation of Functions to Officers at Part 3 of the Constitution, be amended as set out at Annex C to the agenda report; and

(iv)   Financial Regulations be amended, as set out at Annex D to the agenda report.