Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Governance Committee

Recent changes had been made to the law with the aim of ensuring that decision-making by the executives of local authorities was more transparent and more open to public scrutiny. Accordingly, the Governance Committee had recommended that Council approve a change in the Executive Procedure Rules to make explicit that the meaning of “saving” in the definition of a key decision included expenditure avoided, additional revenue income generated or capital receipts obtained.

The recommendation of Governance Committee was APPROVED without division and it was RESOLVED that:

The note to paragraph (14)(a)(i) of the Council’s Executive Procedure Rules be amended to read:

In determining the meaning of “significant”, regard must be had to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State.  For the avoidance of doubt, “savings” includes expenditure avoided, additional revenue income generated or capital receipts obtained.