To receive Report No. 21/2022 from the Monitoring Officer.

Report No. 21/2022 was received from the Monitoring Officer and introduced by Councillor O Hemsley as the Chair of the Constitution Review Working Group. The purpose of the report was to set out several proposed amendments recommended by the Working Group to the Terms of Reference for the Employment and Appeals Committee and Part 10 of the Rutland County Council Constitution: Contract Procedure Rules. It was also recommended that the role of the Deputy Electoral Registration Officer be re-designated to the Electoral Services Manager.

Councillor A Brown requested clarification regarding the Contract Procedure Rules and the need for only one quotation for values between £5,000 and £25,000. It was agreed that this would be taken back to the Constitution Review Working Group for consideration and advice sought from Internal Audit.

It was moved by Councillor Hemsley that Council approved the proposed amendments. This was seconded and upon being put to the vote, the motion was unanimously carried.

RESOLVED

That Council APPROVED the proposed amendments:

1)    The updated Terms of Reference for the Employment and Appeals Committee.

2)    The updated Contract Procedure Rules at Part 10 of the Constitution.

That the Electoral Services Manager be designated as the Deputy Electoral Registration Officer.