Councillor Mrs Yeates, as Chairman of the Constitution Working Party, presented a report seeking approval to amend Part 5, Section 1 of the Council’s Constitution to remove the practice of substitution rules applying to the membership of the Licensing Sub-Committee in line with legal advice. Councillor Mrs Yeates then proposed the three recommendations which were then seconded by Councillor Dr Walsh.
The Council
RESOLVED – That
(1) Part 5, section 1, Council Procedure Rule 27 (Substitution) is amended to add the words “These substitution rules will not apply to meetings of the Licensing Committee”;
(2) Any reference to substitute Members on the Licensing Committee be removed from the list of Appointments to Committees in the current Municipal Year and future years; and
(3) the Interim Monitoring Officer be authorised to make any further consequential amendments to the Constitution.