Decision details

Resolved:

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

·         Procedure Standing Orders – Appendix 1

·         Access to Annex to the 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.

(c)        That the Head of Legal and Governance Services be delegated authority to amend the quorum of any of the new Panels, in the event of any vacancies arising.