Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk

The Committee considered a report of the Town Clerk reviewing the Committee’s terms of reference.

The Chairman told Members that he felt the Committee had a wider remit than it had previously and the terms of reference ought to be amended to reflect this. The Committee had assumed a role of a rule-making nature, for instance, with regards to the Honorary Freedom, had provided guidance to Members and Liverymen about the different types of Freedom, and had become responsible for the more general use of the Freedom, including for policy purposes, and monitored the effect of the Freedom and Freedom Applications Committee decisions outside of the Corporation.

RESOLVED – That the Freedom Applications Committee agree that amendments should be made to the Committee’s terms of reference to reflect the Committee’s increased responsibilities in relation to the Freedom, and agreed to delegate authority to the Town Clerk, in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, to finalise the wording of a revised terms of reference before submission to the March meeting of the Policy & Resources Committee and the April meeting of the Court of Common Council for approval.