Decision

RESOLVED
that Cabinet recommended to Council that
Council:
 
A   
Endorse the vision and purpose for Harlow’s
new constitution (Appendix A to the report).

 
B   
Endorse Appendix B to the report (Introduction,
Table of Contents and Glossary) and Appendix C to the report (Our
Council, Citizens and the Constitution) as approved emerging
drafts.

 
C   
Adopt Appendix D to the report (How Decision Making Works), Appendix E to the report
(The Executive) and Appendix F to the report (Officers) in place of
the parts of the current constitution that deal with those matters,
to come into force with immediate effect.
 
D   
Delegate to the Monitoring Officer authority to
resolve any operational disparity that may arise between Appendices
D, E and F to the report and other parts of the current
constitution, any such conflicts to be resolved in favour of the
approach set out in Appendices D, E and F.
 
E    
Note that further draft sections of the new
constitution (which may necessitate refinements to the sections
approved or adopted here) will be presented to subsequent Cabinet
and Council meetings with the intention that the new
constitution, as a whole, is adopted at
December Council.