MERTHYR COUNCIL CONSTITUTION. MONITORING OFFICER’S CON.

The Monitoring Officer is presenting a report to the next Full Council Meeting on 11th January 2023
I have been reporting for years that the Council has not been in compliance with its Constitution regarding the presentation of Minutes of Meetings for approval as a correct record of meetings.
See links to some relevant posts below.
Apparently, the Monitoring Officer thinks that the Counci is UNIQUE and, therefore requires a UNIQUE Constitution
I have researched the new Constitutions of a number of Welsh Councils. All of whom have modified their Constitution based on the Model recommended to the All Wales Monitoring Officers’ Group, via funding from the Welsh Local
Government Association commissioned Browne Jacobson to draft a new model
constitution and a model constitution guide due to provisions coming into force
under the Act.
The Monitoring Officer has, indeed, drafted a new Model Constitution that is truly UNIQUE compared…
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