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Governance Task Group - Terms of Reference 2019/20

Meeting: 29/05/2019 - Council (Item 11)

Governance Task Group - Terms of Reference 2019/20

On the 18 March 2019 the Executive agreed that a cross-party Task Group should be established to provide a forum for the continued review of governance matters by the Council. Following this decision, Council agreed in April 2019 that the membership, and terms of reference, of the standing Task Group should be appointed annually at Annual Council, applying the spirit of the political proportionality rules.

As a result, following consultation with the Leader of the Council, it is recommended that the terms of reference for the Governance Task Group be:

Ø  To consider governance changes suggested by Members and Officers;

Ø  To review areas of the Constitution to ensure they are fit for purpose, putting forward appropriate changes;

Ø  To recommend proposed changes to Council for approval; and

Ø  To agree its own work programme at its first meeting of the Municipal Year. 

RECOMMENDED That the above terms of reference be adopted and incorporated into the Council’s Constitution.

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Council received a report, set out on the Order Paper, concerning proposed terms of reference for the Governance Task Group.

RESOLVED that the following terms of reference for the Governance Task Group be adopted and incorporated into the Council’s Constitution for the 2019/20 Municipal Year:

-       To consider governance changes suggested by Members and Officers;

-       To review areas of the Constitution to ensure they are fit for purpose, putting forward appropriate changes;

-       To recommend proposed changes to Council for approval; and

-       To agree its own work programme at its first meeting of the Municipal Year.