Decision details

The Executive has agreed the recommended principles and timetable for a wider review of the Council’s Constitution set out in sections 3 and 4 respectively and RECOMMENDS to the COUNCIL that

1.            paragraph 4.01(b) within Part 1 of the Constitution be amended so that Council approval is only needed in respect of virements and supplementary estimates, no matter what they relate to, over £100,000 (meaning that the Executive will be able to approve these so long as they are £100,000 or less);

2.            Paragraph 1 of the Scheme of Delegation and the relevant sections of Finance Regulations be updated to reflect these new Executive limits of £100,000 for virements and supplementary estimates;

3.            Paragraph 13.03(b)(i) within Part 1 of the Constitution be amended to change the threshold for a key decision to £100,000; and

4.            Paragraph 4.02(n) within Part 1 and Paragraph B.11 of Part 3 of the Constitution be amended to state that it will be a function of the Council to approve ‘the addition or deletion of posts from the agreed permanent staffing levels where the costs of doing so do not fall within existing controllable expenditure budgets and where the changes have financial implications in excess of the Executive’s threshold of up to £100,000’.

[This item is recommended to the Council for decision and is not subject to the call-in procedure]

[Reason: to seek approval to amend the scheme of delegation and constitution as soon as possible and agree some immediate changes]