To receive Report No. 129/2019 from the Monitoring Officer.

Report No. 129 was received from the Monitoring Officer.

Mr Hemsley introduced the report the purpose of which was to address an anomaly that has been raised in a meeting of the Constitution Review Working Group in relation to the appointment of vice-chairmen for scrutiny committees and to appoint a representative to the Victoria Hall Trustees Board.

Mr Hemsley moved recommendations 1 and 2 in the report but asked that the decision regarding the appointment of two representatives to the Victoria Hall Trusteed Board be deferred to a future meeting so the Council can have discussions with Victoria Hall prior to a decision being made.

Miss Waller seconded the recommendations.

RESOLVED

1)    To APPROVE a change to the Constitution to allow Procedure Rule 99 to apply to Scrutiny Committees.

2)    To AUTHORISE the Monitoring Officer to make the required amendments to the Constitution to show the new application of Procedure Rule 88.

3)    To DEFER the appointment of two representatives to the Victoria Hall Trustees Board to a future meeting.