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Report of the Service Director, Legal and Governance regarding revisions to various elements of the Constitution as part of the Council’s significant Transformation agenda in order to enable early decision making which will permit quicker project implementation and realisation of financial savings, attached.

The report of the Service Director, Legal and Governance was submitted regarding revisions to various elements of the Constitution as part of the Council’s significant Transformation agenda in order to enable early decision making which will permit quicker project implementation and realisation of financial savings.

RESOLVED that the revisions to the Constitution as set out in the report be approved.

Report of the Service Director: Legal and Governance regarding revisions to various elements of the Constitution as part of the Council’s significant Transformation agenda in order to enable early decision making which will permit quicker project implementation and realisation of financial savings, attached.

The Committee considered the report of the Service Director: Legal and Governance regarding revisions to various elements of the Constitution as part of the Council’s significant Transformation agenda in order to enable early decision making which will permit quicker project implementation and realisation of financial savings).

RESOLVED that the Governance Committee recommended that Council approve the following revisions to the Constitution as set out in this report:

·  revise section 5 of the Officer Scheme of Delegation (Transformation Implementation Director) stating “The Transformation Implementation Director, following consultation with the Transformation Improvement Board, Chief Finance Officer and Head of Legal and Democratic Services, shall be empowered to take all decisions or actions necessary to develop, implement and deliver transformation projects approved by the Transformation Board up to a value of £5,000,000 including but not limited to incurring expenditure, structural re-organisations, service reorganisations and entering into contracts and partnership arrangements to deliver services as required together with all ancillary matters necessary to give effect to or conducive to the delivery of such projects. All proposals which are estimated to exceed £500,000 shall be considered by Cabinet. The £5,000,000 ceiling requiring reference to full Council is waived for such proposals.”;

·  amend the Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules at page 6 (section 5(b) to add “(iii) The Transformation Implementation Director, following consultation with Transformation Improvement Board and Chief Finance Officer, shall be entitled to vire across budget heads where each individual virement does not exceeds £5,000,000 for the purpose of delivering any transformation project; and

·  amend Financial Procedure Rules with an additional row in the tables at A12, B37 and B42 (HRA matters) stating “any amount not exceeding £5,000,000 relating to a transformation project approved as above can be vired / approved by the Transformation Implementation Director following consultation with the Transformation Improvement Board (including virement of expenditure and income budgets and acceptance of external funding).