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<strong>Selby</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
REPORT<br />
Reference: E/11/40<br />
Public – Item 11<br />
To:<br />
The Executive<br />
Date: 3 November 2011<br />
Status:<br />
Non Key Decision<br />
Report Published: 26 October 2011<br />
Author:<br />
Jonathan Lund, Monitoring Officer<br />
Executive Member: Cllr Mark Crane, Leader<br />
Lead Officer:<br />
Keith Dawson, Director of Community Services<br />
Title:<br />
Review of the Constitution<br />
Summary:<br />
<strong>Selby</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>Council</strong> adopted its new Constitution with effect from the May<br />
elections in 2011. The Constitution has now been operational for almost six<br />
months and an opportunity has been taken to review how it has worked and<br />
propose minor amendments to improve its operation and correct any<br />
anomalies, oversights or errors. The report sets out the proposals<br />
Recommendation:<br />
To recommend the <strong>Council</strong> to endorse the proposed amendments set<br />
out in the report.<br />
Reasons for recommendation<br />
In pursuance of the <strong>Council</strong>’s obligations under Article 15 of its Constitution –<br />
to review and revise the Constitution – the recommendations are proposed to<br />
address issues which have arisen since the Constitution became effective in<br />
May 2011<br />
1. Introduction and background<br />
1.1 This review does not propose any amendments to the principal<br />
objectives of the Constitution which remains based on the model<br />
constitution for the Leader and Cabinet form of Executive.<br />
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