Decision details

The Council gave consideration to a report outlining proposed changes to the Council Constitution as part of the annual review of the Constitution.

Decision

The Council –

1.    Noted the adjustments to the remit of the strategic committees to recognise the inception of the Argyll and Bute Integration Joint Board.

2.    Agreed to amend the Scheme of Delegation to provide that the Vice Chair of the Performance Review and Scrutiny Committee be appointed by the Council from one of the opposition members appointed to the committee.

3.    Agreed to delegate the Executive Director – Customer Services, in consultation with the Leader, Depute Leader and the leader of the largest opposition group of the Council, to agree a suitable amendment to the wording contained at recommendation 3.3 of the report taking into account the concerns raised by members over amending the delegation to Area Committees so that disposals by sale or lease came to the relevant Area Committee only where it was proposed not to accept the best consideration, or where the best offer was below the valuation set by the Council.

4.    Noted the proposed update to the delegations to the Executive Director of Development and Infrastructure Services to determine requests to stop up or realign core paths, to make it explicit that any Area Capacity Evaluation can be determined by the officer as provided for in the decision of the Council in April 2015 and to make some minor adjustments to the wording of 26/28/29/30 as set out in the revised draft. In addition the Chief Officer Integration Joint Board now appears formally in the Scheme of Delegation.

5.    Agreed to update Appendix 2 of the Financial and Security Regulations, including revisions to the Anti- Fraud Strategy and Public Interest Disclosure Policy, as set out in the revised draft.

6.    Agreed to update Part F of the Constitution to refer to the new guidance from the Standards Commission issued in March 2016.

(Reference:  Report by Executive Director – Customer Services dated 21 June 2016, submitted)