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71. REPORT OF THE DEMOCRACY COMMITTEE HELD ON 5 SEPTEMBER 2018 -

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

It was moved by Councillor Mrs Wilson, seconded by Councillor Mrs

Gooch, that the recommendations of the Democracy Committee regarding

amendments to the Constitution be approved.

With the agreement of the mover and the seconder of the motion, and the

remainder of the Council, the following wording was incorporated into the

motion as paragraph 4:

That the Maidstone Quality Bus Partnership be deleted from the list of

outside bodies set out in Schedule 2 to the Members’ Allowance Scheme

(Part 5 of the Constitution) and that the whole issue of appointments to

outside bodies be referred back to the Democracy Committee to enable

anomalies to be addressed.

The motion, as amended, was then put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED:

1. That the amendments to the Constitution relating to Questions by

Members of the Public, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report of the

Democracy Committee, be agreed.

2. That the amendments to the Constitution relating to Health and

Safety, as set out in Appendix 2 to the report of the Democracy

Committee, be agreed.

3. That the amendments to the Constitution relating to Outside Bodies,

as set out in Appendix 3 to the report of the Democracy Committee,

be agreed.

4. That the Maidstone Quality Bus Partnership be deleted from the list

of outside bodies set out in Schedule 2 to the Members’ Allowance

Scheme (Part 5 of the Constitution) and that the whole issue of

appointments to outside bodies be referred back to the Democracy

Committee to enable anomalies to be addressed.