Issue - meetings

This is a regular report to the Committee by the Monitoring Officer to give the Committee an overview of the work of the Monitoring Officer that falls within the scope of the functions for which the Committee is responsible.

[20 Minutes]

Upon the invitation of the Chair, the Monitoring Officer introduced the report to Committee. He highlighted paragraph 4.2 and 4.3, ‘Maintaining the Constitution’.  The Constitution Working Party met on 16 October 2023 and made recommendations to Full Council regarding amendments to the Constitution, including the removal of the 3 hour time limit for the Planning Committee and Licensing Sub Committee. These recommendations were approved by Full Council on 10 January 2024. The changes had now been made to the Constitution, which had been republished and provided to Members.

The Local Assessment Procedures was a separate item on the agenda, as was an update on Member Learning and Development.

There were no questions from Members.

The Committee noted the report.