It was resolved to recommend the following to the Full Council –
· That the Concerns and Complaints Policy and Contract Procedure Rules are removed from the Council’s Constitution and authority delegated to the Monitoring Officer to make any consequential amendments arising from these decisions.
· That the Concerns and Complaints Policy and the Contract Procedure Rules (together with all supporting documents relevant to each) shall be readily available on the Council’s website.
· That any future amendments to the Concerns and Complaints Policy and the Contract Procedure Rules shall no longer be matters reserved to Full Council and shall instead, be approved by the Executive or by the Monitoring Officer under existing delegation where those changes do not provide for any local choice or where changes are minor. Any changes to the Contract Procedure Rules shall always be subject to consultation with the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer