Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Atyia-Alla, Carter, George Darling, Mandy Darling, Steve Darling, Douglas-Dunbar, Foster, Fox, Harvey, Hutchings, Johns, Law, Long, Nicolaou, Penny, Pentney, Stevens and Virdee.

To agree the scheme of delegation for Council functions as set out in Part 3 of the Constitution in so far as they relate to Council functions.

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Further to the Adjourned Annual Council meeting held on 20 June 2024, when the motion to approve the Scheme of Delegation of Council Functions and the Schedule of Responsibility for Local Choice Functions, so far as they related to Council functions was lost (Minute 22/6/24 refers).  Members considered a report which set out a clear Officer recommendation to approve the same, alongside the implications should it not be approved:

Councillor David Thomas proposed and Councillor Chris Lewis seconded a motion, which was agreed (unanimously) by the Council as set out below:

1.         that the Scheme of Delegation for Council Functions as set out in Part 3 of the Constitution, and the Schedule of Responsibility for Local Choice Functions, insofar as they relate to Council functions, be approved;

2.         that, if any actions or decisions relating to Council functions have been taken since the Adjourned Annual Meeting of the Council held on 20 June 2024 and were in fact taken without delegated authority, but would have been authorised if the motion considered on 20 June 2024 had been passed, then all such actions and decisions are hereby ratified; and

3.         that, if any actions or decisions relating to Local Choice Functions have been taken since the Adjourned Annual Meeting of the Council held on 20 June 2024 and were in fact taken by an inappropriate or unauthorised person or body, but would have been duly taken if the motion considered on 20 June 2024 had been passed, then all such actions and decisions are hereby ratified.