Decision details

            Resolved

            That Council be recommended:

(i)            That it be maintained as a rule of the Constitution that there are no substitute Members for Overview & Scrutiny Committee by reinstating clause 28.5 in Part 4 of the Constitution –Rules of Procedure in the following terms :

                        “28.5   Overview and Scrutiny Committees

Substitute Members cannot be drawn from those Members who sit on the Policy and Resources and Community Services Committees.”

(ii)          That a change to Council Procedure Rule 28.1 be approved such that for each Committee where substitution is applicable the maximum number of substitutes in respect of each Political Group becomes 50% of that group’s membership on the relevant committee, rounded up if necessary, subject to a minimum of 2.