Agenda item

7.1

It was formally moved by Councillor Julie Grocutt, and formally seconded by Councillor Dianne Hurst, that, as recommended in the report of the Director of Legal and Governance circulated to all Members of the Council and published on the Council’s website on 13^th May 2022, this Council:-

(a)      re-affirms the various elements of a committee system of governance which were approved at the extraordinary meeting of the Council held on 23^rd March 2022, for implementation from this annual meeting of the Council;

(b)      approves, for implementation with immediate effect, the full Constitution for Sheffield City Council, appended to the report, which has been revised to reflect the new committee system of governance, subject to the amendment of Part 3.3.1 (Policy Committees - Matters Reserved to All Policy Committees), as set out in the attached “Addendum A”, relating to commissioning and procurement; and

(c)      authorises the Director of Legal and Governance to undertake any minor and consequential drafting changes as may be necessary as the new system is embedded.

7.2

Whereupon, it was moved by Councillor Joe Otten, and formally seconded by Councillor Sue Alston, as an amendment, that the motion now submitted be amended by the addition of the following words at the end of paragraph (b):-

“and also subject to the insertion of the words “, and to ensure an odd number of Members” after the words “and such other Members as are necessary for political proportionality”, in the first paragraph under the heading “STRATEGY AND RESOURCES POLICY COMMITTEE” in Part 3.3 of the Constitution”.

(NB The revised paragraph would read as follows - “The Leader of the Council is the Chair of the Committee. Membership includes the Chairs of each of the Council’s other Policy Committees, the Chair of the Finance Sub-Committee, and such other Members as are necessary for political proportionality, and to ensure an odd number of Members. Members of the Committee may not nominate substitute members.)

7.3

Following the decline of the right of reply by Councillor Julie Grocutt, the amendment moved by Councillor Joe Otten was put to the vote and was carried unanimously.

7.4

The original Motion, as amended, was then put as a Substantive Motion in the following form and carried unanimously:-

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That, this Council:-

(a)      re-affirms the various elements of a committee system of governance which were approved at the extraordinary meeting of the Council held on 23^rd March 2022, for implementation from this annual meeting of the Council;

(b)      approves, for implementation with immediate effect, the full Constitution for Sheffield City Council, appended to the report, which has been revised to reflect the new committee system of governance, subject to the amendment of Part 3.3.1 (Policy Committees - Matters Reserved to All Policy Committees), as set out in the attached “Addendum A”, relating to commissioning and procurement, and also subject to the insertion of the words “, and to ensure an odd number of Members” after the words “and such other Members as are necessary for political proportionality”, in the first paragraph under the heading “STRATEGY AND RESOURCES POLICY COMMITTEE” in Part 3.3 of the Constitution; and

(c)      authorises the Director of Legal and Governance to undertake any minor and consequential drafting changes as may be necessary as the new system is embedded.