Here is a summary of the scheduled items for the Lincolnshire County Council's Constitution meeting on 11 August 2025. The meeting included a review of the council's constitution, codes, and protocols. The report pack also contained the council's financial regulations, contract regulations, and officer employment procedure rules.

Constitution Review

The main item for discussion was the review of the Lincolnshire County Council's constitution, which sets out how the council operates and makes decisions. According to the report pack, local authorities are legally required to have a formal constitution in place.

The constitution covers a number of key areas:

• Articles of the Constitution: Including details on the constitution itself, members of the public and the council, the full council, the executive, scrutiny committees, regulatory committees, joint arrangements, officers, decision making, and finance.
• Responsibility for Functions: Defining who is responsible for specific council functions.
• Rules of Procedure: Including council procedure rules, access to information, budget and policy framework, executive procedure rules, scrutiny procedure rules, financial regulations, contract regulations, and officer employment procedures.
• Codes and Protocols: Covering standards and values, members' code of conduct, officers' code of conduct, and various protocols such as member/officer relations, councillor involvement in commercial transactions, harassment, the planning process, confidential reporting, and petitions.
• Members' Allowances Scheme: Outlining the scheme for member allowances.
• Management Structure: Describing the council's management structure.

Summary of the Constitution

Part 1 of the report pack included a summary of the Lincolnshire County Council Constitution. The summary stated that the Full Council is made up of 70 members. It also stated that the Executive is made up of a leader and up to nine other councillors, who the leader appoints. The report pack stated that the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board is supported by the following Overview and Scrutiny Committees:

• Adults and Community Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee
• Children's and Culture Scrutiny Committee
• Community Safety Scrutiny Committee
• Growth Scrutiny Committee
• Environment Scrutiny Committee
• Health Scrutiny Committee for Lincolnshire
• Highways and Transport Scrutiny Committee

The report pack also stated that the council runs the following Non-Executive Committees:

• Pensions Committee
• Planning and Regulation Committee
• Definitive Map and Statement of Public Rights of Way Sub-Committee
• Appointments Committee
• Pay Policy Sub-Committee
• Audit Committee
• Health and Wellbeing Board

The summary also detailed the roles of key officers, including the Head of Paid Service, Monitoring Officer, and Section 151 Officer¹.

Articles of the Constitution

Part 2 of the report pack included the Articles of the Constitution. These articles covered topics such as the powers and duties of the council, the rights of members of the public, the roles and functions of councillors, the functions of the full council, the executive, and overview and scrutiny committees.

Responsibility for Functions

Part 3 of the report pack included details of the responsibility for functions. This section outlined which functions are the responsibility of the full council, committees, the executive, or delegated to officers. It also covered joint arrangements.

Rules of Procedure

Part 4 of the report pack included the rules of procedure. These rules covered council procedure, access to information, the budget and policy framework, executive procedure, overview and scrutiny procedure, financial regulations, contract regulations, and officer employment procedure.

Codes and Protocols

Part 5 of the report pack included the codes and protocols. This section covered standards and values, the members' code of conduct, the officers' code of conduct, and various protocols such as member/officer relations, councillor involvement in commercial transactions, harassment, the planning process, confidential reporting, and petitions.

Members' Allowances Scheme

Part 6 of the report pack included the Members' Allowances Scheme. This scheme outlined the allowances and expenses that members are entitled to receive.

Management Structure

Part 7 of the report pack included the management structure of the council. This section provided an overview of the council's departmental structure and management hierarchy.

Other Items

The agenda for the meeting also included a frontsheet.