Agenda item

(Member lead: Cllr S Hinchcliffe, Director: Angela Taylor)

·         Procedure Standing Orders

·         Access to information Annex

·         Code of Practice for recording meetings

·         Scrutiny Standing Orders

·         Contracts Standing Orders

·         Financial Regulations

·         Code of Conduct for Members

·         Procedure for complaints

Resolved:

(a)       That the following Standing Orders as attached in the relevant appendices to the submitted report be approved:

·         Procedure Standing Orders – Appendix 1

·         Access to Information Annex to Procedure Standing Orders – Appendix 2

·         Code of Practice for recording meetings – Appendix 3

·         Scrutiny Standing Orders – Appendix 4

·         Contracts Standing Orders – Appendix 5

·         Financial Regulations – Appendix 6

(b)       That the Members’ Code of Conduct attached as Appendix 7 and the Procedure for Considering Complaints against Members attached at Appendix 8 to the submitted report be approved.

The Combined Authority considered a report of the Director of Resources in respect of amendments to the Combined Authority’s Standing Orders and related governance documents:

Resolved:

(a)       That the following Standing Orders as attached in the relevant appendices to the submitted report be approved:

·         Procedure Standing Orders – Appendix 1

·         Access to Information Annex to Procedure Standing Orders – Appendix 2

·         Code of Practice for recording meetings – Appendix 3

·         Scrutiny Standing Orders – Appendix 4

·         Contracts Standing Orders – Appendix 5

·         Financial Regulations – Appendix 6

(b)       That the Members’ Code of Conduct attached as Appendix 7 and the Procedure for Considering Complaints against Members attached at Appendix 8 to the submitted report be approved.