Agenda item

To consider a report of the Monitoring Officer.

The report provides the Monitoring Officer’s proposals and recommendations for various amendments to the Constitution as detailed below.  The proposed amendments have been endorsed by the Constitution Working Parking at its meetings on 14 October 2019, 6 November 2019 and 20 February 2020:-

·         The Guide to the Constitution (Appendix A)

·         Part 1 to the Constitution – Summary and Explanation (Appendix B)

·         Part 2 – Articles of the Constitution (Appendix C)

·         Part 5 – Procedure Rules

·         CP1 - Code of Conduct for Councillors and Co-opted Members (Appendix D)

·         CP 2 - Officers Code of Conduct (Appendix E)

·         CP4 – Confidential Reporting Policy (Appendix F)

·         CP5 – Procedure for Question Time at Cabinet and Committee Meetings

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to comment on the report and recommend that the Council Meeting gives approval to the proposed amendments to the Constitution.

Officer contact: Vicki Bates on 0161 474 3219 or email: vicki.bates@stockport.gov.uk

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing proposals and recommendations for various amendments to the Constitution, previously agreed by the Constitution Working Party on 14 October 2019, 6 November 2019 and 20 February 2020.

The Cabinet Member for Resources, Commissioning and Governance (Councillor Tom McGee) attended the meeting to respond to questions from the Scrutiny Committee.

Members welcomed the report and the detailed discussions that resulted in the proposals and recommendations.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.