Decision details

19.1     The Committee considered a report by the Director of Law and Assurance on minor revisions to the Constitution for recommendation to the County Council (copy appended to the signed minutes).

19.2     In line with the discussion under the last item about the recruitment of a Chairman for the Pension Advisory Board, members were informed of additional wording to be added to the amendment to the job description of the Chairman of the Pension Advisory Board, as set out in Appendix 1. On page 20, at the end of the current additional text in bold italics in the third bullet point the words ‘to include a meeting prior to the interviews proceeding’ should be inserted.

19.3     Cllr Burrett questioned the need to include the amendment to Part 2 of the Constitution in Appendix 1 given that amendments to that section could be made by the Director of Law and Assurance. He also asked if the word ‘advise’ in the amendment to the terms of reference point 12 of the Regulation, Audit and Accounts Committee should read ‘recommend to’. It was confirmed that the amendment to Part 2 had been included for the sake of completeness. In relation to the word ‘advise’, the text matches the wording in the similar terms of reference of the Governance and Standards Committees.

19.4     Resolved – That, subject to the additional wording set out in minute 19.2 above, the County Council be recommended to approve the changes to the Constitution set out in Appendix 1 to the report.