Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Legal & Democratic Services Manager (Monitoring Officer).

Consideration was given to the report of the Legal & Democratic Services Manager (Monitoring Officer) as contained on pages 195 to 198 of the Book of Reports, which sought approval to amend the provisions contained in Constitution 9.1 at Part 4, 9a - Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules -  Rule 15 (c) in respect of the requirements to exercise Call In.

RESOLVED:   That Constitution 9.1 at Part 4, 9a - Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rule 15 (c) in the Constitution be amended to read as follows:

"The Chief Operating Officer shall include an item on an agenda for scrutiny by the relevant Overview and Scrutiny Committee, at its next meeting, if so requested by notice in writing by any five members of the Council no later than 5 p.m. on the Tuesday of the week following publication of the decision. The notice shall specify the reasons for the call in and specify the decision the five members would put in place if the call-in were successful. For the avoidance of doubt, that decision cannot be a deferral for more information. The Chief Operating Officer shall then (a) validate the "call-in" and notify the decision-taker of it (in the case of Cabinet by putting it on the next Agenda) or (b) in consultation with the Chairman of the relevant Overview and Scrutiny Committee, determine that the "call-in" is not valid and notify the 5 members accordingly. Further for the avoidance of doubt, the next meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee must take place within 15 working days of the request for call in."