Agenda item

BURY COUNCIL CONSTITUTION UPDATE REPORT

Report attached.

Minutes:

It was moved by Councillor O’Brien and seconded by Councillor R Bernstein, and Council

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.   Adopt the revised sections of the constitution as highlighted in the sections appended.

 

·         Reduction in the number of Articles (Appendix A)

 

·         Updates to the Council Procedure Rules (Appendix B)

·         Updates to the Committee Procedure Rules (Appendix C)

·         Amendments to the Cabinet Portfolios and Committee Membership – Details at Appendix D

 

·         Details of the updated Committee membership are attached at Appendix E

2. Readopt the remainder of the constitution

3. Note the annual review of the constitution and review scheduleas set out in    Appendix F

4. Note the terms of reference as set out in Appendix G

 

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