The City Council will be asked to approve changes to the process of Delegated Executive Decisions and approve the definition of a Key Decision.

Councillor Dr Mahoney (Vice Chair, Audit and Governance Committee) proposed and Councillor Stevens seconded a report and recommendations on Constitutional Amendments.

Following a debate council agreed –

1. that the constitution is amended to reflect that the day on which executive decisions are usually published is Wednesday. (Part C of the Constitution Para 4.4)

2. that the new definition of a Key Decision as outlined at appendix one is adopted;

3. to note the Forward Plan and Call-in processes;

4. that subject to (1&2) above, delegate to the Monitoring Officer any required consequential amendments to the constitution.

For the motion (52)

Councillors Coker, Corvid, Dann, Evans OBE, Goslin, Haydon, Hendy, Laing, Lowry, McDonald, Morris, Murphy, Parker-Delaz-Ajete, Penberthy, Rennie, Singh, P Smith, Stevens, J Taylor, Tuffin, Tuohy, Vincent, Wheeler, Ball, Mrs Beer, Bowyer, Mrs Bowyer, Churchill, Deacon, Downie, Drean, Fletcher, Mrs Johnson, James, Jordan, Kelly, Michael Leaves, Mrs Leaves, Dr Mahoney, Nicholson, Mrs Pengelly, Wigens, Mrs Bridgeman, Buchan, Derrick, , Mavin, Carson, Winter, Mrs Loveridge, Cook,  R Smith and Neil.

Against the motion (0)

Abstentions (1)

Lord Mayor

Absent / Did Not Vote (4)

Councillors Aspinall, Darcy, Foster and K Taylor.

Ross Jago (Senior Governance Advisor) presented the Delegated Decision Publication Dates report highlighting the following points to Members:

·         the proposal to amend the day on which Executive Decisions were normally published from Mondays to Wednesdays;

·         changing the day on which all decisions were published will bring Cabinet decisions into line with the standard call-in timescales;

·         how under the current process decisions taken at Cabinet are not published until the following Monday and were then subject to a further call–in period of a week.

Members discussed the following:

·         Possible further delegations of power to  the Audit & Governance Committee.

The Audit & Governance Committee agreed to recommend to Council that the Constitution is amended to reflect that the day on which executive decisions are usually published is Wednesday. (Part C of the Constitution Para 4.4)