Members: 5 voting Councillors
Quorum: 3 Members of the Committee
Political proportionality: 4
Administration members, 1 Opposition member
Co-optees:
None
1. Membership
1.1 The Chair will be elected at the first
meeting of the Committee and should be chosen from one of the
Administration Councillors; the Vice-Chair will be an Opposition
Councillor.
2. Voting
2.1 All Members on the Committee shall have
voting rights. In the event of an equality of votes, the Chair of
the Committee shall have a second casting vote.
3. Procedures
3.1 Except as provided herein, Council
Procedure Rules (as applicable to all Committees) shall apply in
all other respects to the conduct of the Committee.
3.2 Meetings of the Committee shall be held in
public, subject to the provisions for considering exempt items in
accordance with sections 100A-D of the Local Government Act 1972
(as amended).
4. Meetings
4.1 Meetings will be convened at the request
of the Monitoring Officer as required during the Municipal
Year.
5.
Responsibilities
5.1 To consider all Elections and Electoral
Registration Matters.
5.2 To revoke an award of Honorary
Freemen/women of the Borough, Honorary Aldermen/women or civic
honour and remove the individual from the role of honour in the
Town Hall.
5.3 Making recommendations to the Council for
the adoption or revision of a scheme of allowances for Members.
5.4 To consider and make recommendations to
the Council on proposals, to make, amend, revoke, re-enact or adopt
byelaws, and on proposals to promote or oppose the making of local
legislation, or hybrid or personal bills.
5.5 To recommend to Council the dates and
times of the annual meeting and ordinary meetings.
5.6 To consider changes to the Constitution,
except for the allocation of responsibilities by the Leader, and
refer any proposals to full Council for approval.
5.7 To approve of payments and benefits in
cases of maladministration where these exceed Chief Officers
delegated powers or the relevant Chief Officers refer the matter to
the Committee.
5.8 On the advice of the Monitoring Officer
any other functions which under the Local Authorities (Functions
and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000, may not be the
responsibility of the Executive and which are not delegated
elsewhere under this Constitution.
5.9 In cases of emergency or extreme urgency
any non-executive function delegated under this Constitution
whether or not reserved to the Council
and where the Chief Executive on the advice of the Monitoring
Officer does not consider it appropriate to exercise their power in
relation to such decisions under this Constitution.