Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Central Services presented a report on the latest updates to the Council Constitution.

The Cabinet Member explained that the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015, which came into force on 11 May, 2015 introduced changes to the disciplinary process for the three statutory officer posts of Head of Paid Service, Monitoring Officer and Chief Finance Officer.  As a consequence, the terms of reference of the JNC Disciplinary Panel required amendment, as did the Council’s Employment Procedure Rules.  A number of other minor changes had also been made, as well as the inclusion of reference to the new Pensions Board which was formally approved by the Assembly under Minute 55 of the last meeting.

With regard to the changes to the disciplinary process for the three statutory officer posts, Councillor Young sought clarification of the decision-making process for any future cases.  The Cabinet Member confirmed that the recommendations of a JNC Disciplinary Panel would be presented to the Assembly, who in turn would deliberate the findings in private but make the final decision in public.

Assembly resolved to:

(i)  Note the revised arrangements in respect of the proposed dismissal of the Head of Paid Service, the Monitoring Officer and the Chief Finance Officer, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015; and

(ii)  Note the schedule of updates to the Constitution as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.