Agenda item

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The terms of reference were provided to Members of the Governance Committee in order to understand the remit of the Committee.

The Assistant Director (Governance), Alexander Polak, mentioned that the Terms of Reference for the Governance Committee were highlighted in the report at paragraph 3.1 and asked the committee if they had any comments.

Councillor Sioned-Mair Richards requested that paragraph (b) be amended by removing the wording ‘as it thinks fit’.

RESOLVED:

(1) that the committee notes the terms of reference be added to the constitution; and

(2) that the terms of reference for the Governance Committee be approved as follows; 

(a)  To guide the Council’s transition to a committee system of governance and to set the parameters for stakeholder engagement.

(b)  To seek input from outside the organisation, ensuring citizens are engaged and are provided with opportunities to help shape this programme of work.

(c)  To have oversight of the work carried out in the Transition to Committees programme.

(d)   To review proposals for a modern committee structure and approve the recommendations to be made to Full Council.

(e)  To keep the Council’s constitutional arrangements under review and consider officers’ proposals for changes to the Constitution.

(f)    To make such recommendations to Full Council as it considers appropriate for ways in which the Constitution should be amended in order to achieve the purposes of a committee system of governance.