[Dave Mckenna]

mlowe Wrote:I would also be interested to know if those of you who have Procedure Rules have adopted the model scheme or introduced something more innovative and forward thinking?

I can't claim that ours are innovative or forward thinking but we are seeking to change them to reflect new O&S approaches we are bringing in for the next municipal year. The changes are a radical overhaul so we have rewritten the whole procedure rules more or less from scratch. We see them as an important way of underpinning the transition to the new arrangments and ensuring they are seen as legitimate. I did find that rewriting constitutions can send you slightly insane tho....

The proposed procedure rules can be found in our AGM agenda pack here: http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=36690 They haven't yet been agreed by Council.

[Nick Beale]

mlowe Wrote:Do any others have OSC Procedure Rules included in your Constituitions and if so do you allow the OSC to operate outside of the Procedure Rules if the need arises?

Mark Lowe

Adur and Worthing Councils

Naively, I thought everyone had them since they were in the the Modular Constitutions that Whitehall issued back when.

Our rules are here (scroll to page 30). There's barely a line of our Constitution that hasn't been amended to some extent in the last 10 years (it certainly never gets shorter or simpler) but the Modular Constitution was where we started from.