The Executive considered the recommendations of the Constitution Working Party and the Corporate, Resource Management and Governance Scrutiny Committee on changes required to the Constitution related to the delegation arrangements for planning matters, the appointment process for Local Authority Governors and other incidental changes and recommended that:-
(1) the Council Meeting consider the comments/recommendations made by the Constitution Working Party, the Corporate, Resource Management and Governance Scrutiny Committee and the Executive, and adopt the proposed amendments to the Constitution as detailed in the report and its appendices;
(2) the Leader of the Council amend item 12 of the Individual Member Functions in Appendix 3 to Part 3 of the Constitution to read: “The Executive Councillor with responsibility for school management/governance is authorised to make nominations of Local Authority representatives to School Governing Bodies and when permitted by law to appoint such nominees after consultation with the Governor Representative Group”.