Agenda item

To consider a report proposing amendments to Standing Orders and the Committee’s Terms of Reference in relation to restrictions concerning the ability to stand as Chairman or Deputy Chairman.

(Dhruv Patel)

8 April 2016

Amendment to Standing Orders – Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Community and Children’s Services Committee

Both Standing Orders and the Community and Children’s Services Committee Terms of Reference were currently worded such that Standing Orders 29(3) and 30(4a) prohibited residents or tenants of any property owned or managed by the City of London Corporation to serve as Chairman or Deputy Chairman of that Committee.

The Community and Children’s Services Committee, having considered this provision and satisfied itself as to any legal requirements, was minded that this prohibition should be removed, with the relevant Standing Orders and Terms of Reference updated accordingly.

It was therefore recommended that the Court of Common Council approve the amendment of Standing Orders 29(3) and 30(4a) and the Community and Children’s Services Committee’s Terms of Reference to remove the prohibition.

The Town Clerk advised Members that the Policy and Resources Committee had expressed its support for the requested amendments at its meeting on 14 April 2016.

Resolved – That the amendment of Standing Orders 29(3) and 30(4a) and the Terms of Reference of the Community and Children’s Services Committee be approved, such that the prohibition on residents or tenants of any property owned or managed by the City of London Corporation serving as Chairman or Deputy Chairman of that Committee be removed.