Issue - meetings

That section 12.10 of the Constitution be amended  to reflect that in the Contract Procedure rules, as the recommendation, to read -

‘When any document is necessary to any legal procedure or proceedings on behalf of the Council, it will be signed by the Chief Officer, Governance or other person authorised by him/her, unless any enactment otherwise authorises or requires, or the Council has given requisite authority to some other person’.

The Chief Officer (Governance) introduced a report on contracts requiring sealing and explained that certain contracts are required by contract procedure rules to be “under seal” (to have the Council’s official seal attached rather than being signed by a manager).  One such category is contracts worth more than £250,000.  Section 12 of the Constitution requires all contracts over £50,000 to be in writing and either signed by two officers or sealed.  For the sake of clarity there should be only one set of rules.

              RESOLVED:

That section 12.10 of the Constitution be amended  to reflect that in the Contract Procedure rules, as the recommendation, to read -

‘When any document is necessary to any legal procedure or proceedings on behalf of the Council, it will be signed by the Chief Officer, Governance or other person authorised by him/her, unless any enactment otherwise authorises or requires, or the Council has given requisite authority to some other person’.