Decision - Review of the Council’s Constitution

1) That Council formally approved the changes to the Constitution relating to increased task & finish groups and time for public questions for Overview & Scrutiny as set out in the report and in Appendix 1, with immediate effect. 2) That Council formally approved changes to the Council Procedure Rules relating to Extraordinary Council meetings and the notice period for member written questions as set out in the report and Appendix 2, with immediate effect. 3) That Council authorised the Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer to take all steps necessary or incidental to the implementation of the above changes, and that the Monitoring Officer be authorised to amend such parts of the Council's constitutional documents as they consider necessary or incidental to incorporate the changes, and to republish the Constitution.

The document proposes changes to the Council Procedure Rules governing Extraordinary Meetings and written questions from Members. It clarifies who may call an Extraordinary Meeting, the urgency requirement, and extends the deadline for submitting written questions from the eighth to the fourteenth working day before a meeting.