Agenda

Constitution - Tuesday, 10 December 2024

Items
No.	Item
	Part 1 - The Structure of the Council
1.	Section 1 - Overview PDF 43 KB
2.	Section 2 - Members of the Council PDF 54 KB
3.	Section 3 - The Council Meeting PDF 48 KB
4.	Section 4 - The Executive PDF 57 KB
5.	Section 5 - Regulatory and Other Committees PDF 46 KB
6.	Section 6 - Champions PDF 54 KB
7.	Section 7 - Joint Arrangements PDF 56 KB
8.	Section 8 - Officers' Roles and Statutory Officer Functions PDF 77 KB View the background to item 8.
	Part 2 - Responsibility for Decisions
9.	Section 1 - Introduction PDF 49 KB
10.	Section 2 - Responsibility for Local Choice Functions PDF 66 KB
11.	Section 3 - Functions of the Council PDF 63 KB
12.	Section 4 - Responsibility for Non-Executive Functions PDF 77 KB
13.	Section 5 - Responsibility for Executive Functions PDF 121 KB
14.	Section 6 - Powers Exercisable by Officers PDF 81 KB
15.	Table 1 - Delegation to Officers PDF 114 KB
	Part 3 - Overview & Scrutiny
16.	Section 1 - Introduction PDF 54 KB
17.	Section 2 - Overview & Scrutiny Commission PDF 47 KB
18.	Section 3 - Overview & Scrutiny Panels PDF 58 KB
19.	Section 4 - Conduct of Proceedings PDF 40 KB
	Part 4 - The Way in which the Council Operates
20.	Section 1 - Introduction PDF 48 KB
21.	Section 2 - Principles of Decision Making PDF 61 KB
22.	Section 3 - Council Procedure Rules PDF 135 KB
23.	Annex - Scheme for Public Participation at Meetings of the Council PDF 94 KB
24.	Annex - Guidance for Filming, Audio-Recording, Photographing and Using Social Media at Council and Committee Meetings PDF 80 KB
25.	Annex - Remote meetings protocol and procedure rules PDF 78 KB
26.	Section 4 - Committee Procedure Rules PDF 129 KB View the background to item 26.
27.	Annex - Rules of debate diagram PDF 54 KB View the background to item 27.
28.	Section 5 - Access to Information Procedure Rules PDF 128 KB
29.	Section 6 - Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules PDF 75 KB
30.	Section 7 - Executive Procedure Rules PDF 72 KB View the background to item 30.
31.	Section 8 - Protocol for Executive Decision Making by Members under Executive Arrangements PDF 105 KB
32.	Section 9 - Overview & Scrutiny Procedure Rules PDF 93 KB
33.	Annex - Overview and Scrutiny Public Participation Scheme PDF 89 KB View the background to item 33.
34.	Section 10 - Financial Regulations PDF 291 KB
35.	Section 11 - Council Budget Procedure Rules PDF 66 KB
36.	Section 12 - Contract Standing Orders PDF 146 KB Additional documents: Contract Standing Orders - Tick Sheets , item 36. PDF 257 KB Flowchart summarising process for contract extensions and variations , item 36. PDF 57 KB
37.	Section 13 - Officer Employment Procedure Rules PDF 81 KB
38.	Section 14 - Code of Conduct for Members and Co-Opted Members PDF 110 KB
39.	Section 15 - Employees' Code of Conduct PDF 117 KB
40.	Section 16 - Member and Officer Protocol PDF 114 KB
41.	Section 17 - Protocol for Members in Dealing with Planning Matters PDF 94 KB View the background to item 41.
42.	Section 18 - Legal Proceedings Etc PDF 48 KB
43.	Section 19 - Leader and Chief Executive Protocol PDF 72 KB View the background to item 43.
	Part 5 - Citizens and the Council
44.	Citizens and the Council PDF 53 KB
	Part 6 - Members' Allowances
45.	Members' Allowances PDF 166 KB View the background to item 45.
46.	Schedule 1 - Special Responsibility Allowances PDF 57 KB View the background to item 46.
47.	Schedule 2 - Approved Duties for Travel and Subsistence Allowances PDF 54 KB
48.	Schedule 3 - Approved Conferences PDF 58 KB
	Part 7 - Review, Revision, Suspension, Interpretation and Publication of the Constitution
49.	Review, Revision, Suspension, Interpretation and Publication of the Constitution PDF 54 KB