Agenda item

At the meeting of the Authority held on 5 June 2015 Cllr P Brady moved a motion, seconded by Cllr Mrs J Twigg. As the motion included proposals to amend part 1 of the Authority’s Standing Orders, consideration of the motion was adjourned to the AGM held on 3 July 2015. At that meeting the Authority made a decision on most of Part A of the motion but deferred further consideration of the elements relating to the “Democratic Principles” and established a small Member working group to look at the proposed principles and report back with proposals. The group met on 18 August 2015 to discuss the issues raised by officers and produced a modified set of principles to be brought back to a meeting of the Authority.

The Authority were asked  to consider the remaining elements of the Notice of Motion by considering the revised “Appointment Principles” and the outstanding proposal to amend Part 1 of the Authority’s Standing Orders to make reference to the principles.

The following amendment to the original motion was moved, seconded, put to the vote and carried:

1.         In part A replace the words “Democratic Principles” with “Appointment Principles” and substitute “appropriate officer” for “Chief Executive”

2.         In part B replace “appendix 2” with “appendix 1”.

Following a discussion on the amended motion the substantive motion was put to the vote and lost.