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RESOLVED:
1.            
That the Civic Honours Protocol attached at Annex B of the report,
be agreed.
2.            
That revised constitution documents (shown with track changes), be
agreed:
a)      Introduction, Summary and
Explanation (Annex C);
b)      Overview and Scrutiny
Procedure Rules (Annex D); and
c)      Financial Regulations
(Annex E).
3.            
That in respect of the Council’s Protocol on
Councillor-Officer Relations:
a)      Appendix A (The Code of
Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity) be removed, on
account of the fact it is guidance published by the Secretary of
State and accessible online; and
b)      Revised Appendix C
(Councillors’ Access to Information – A Hierarchy of
Rights) (Annex F shown with tracked changes), be agreed and moved
to become an Appendix to the Council’s Access to Information
Procedure Rules.
4.            
That fully revised Contract Procedure Rules (Annex G), be
agreed.
5.            
That the changes to Planning Committee documents, endorsed by the
Committee on 7 September (shown with tracked changes), be
agreed:
a)      Officer Scheme of
Delegation for Development Management Matters (Annex H); and
b)      Procedure for Public
Participation at Planning Committee (Annex I).
6.            
That authority be delegated to the Director – Law and
Governance (in consultation with the Leaders of Political Groups)
to make minor and consequential amendments to the following
documents:
a)      Responsibility for
Functions;
b)      Officer Employment
Procedure Rule; and
c)      Statutory officers and
Proper officer Functions