Cambridgeshire County Council has a Constitution published on the CMIS website. It sets out:
- how the Council operates
- how we make decisions
- the procedures we follow to ensure efficiency, transparency and accountability to local people.
The law requires some of these processes, while others are a matter for the Council to choose.
Read individual sections of the Constitution below. There are seven parts to the Constitution.
Index
Article 1 - The Constitution (CMIS website)
Article 2 - Members of the Council (CMIS website)
Article 3 – The Public and the Council (CMIS website)
Article 4 – The Full Council (CMIS website)
Article 5 - Chairing the Council (CMIS website)
Article 6 - Decision Review and Statutory Scrutiny Function (CMIS website)
Article 7 – The Council Leader, Chairs and Vice-Chairs of Committees and Spokes (CMIS website)
Article 8 – Committees (CMIS website)
Article 9 - Advisory Process (CMIS website)
Article 10 - Joint Arrangements (CMIS website)
Article 11 - Officers (CMIS website)
Article 12 - Decision Making (CMIS website)
Article 13 - Finance, Contracts and Legal Matters (CMIS website)
Article 14 - Review and Revision of the Constitution (CMIS website)
Article 15 - Suspension, Interpretation and Publication of the Constitution (CMIS website)
3A – Allocation of Responsibility of Functions – Full Council and Committees (CMIS website)
3B - Committees of Council (CMIS website)
3B-1 – Strategy, Resources and Performance Committee (CMIS website)
3B-2 - Adults and Health Committee (CMIS website)
3B-3 - Children and Young People Committee (CMIS website)
3B-4 - Environment and Green Investment Committee (CMIS website)
3B-5 - Communities, Social Mobility and Inclusion Committee (CMIS website)
3B-6 - Highways and Transport Committee (CMIS website)
3B-7 - Audit and Accounts Committee (CMIS website)
3B-8 - Constitution and Ethics Committee (CMIS website)
3B-9 - Pension Fund Committee and Board (CMIS website)
3B-10 - Planning Committee (CMIS website)
3B-11 - Staffing and Appeals Committee (CMIS website)
3B-12 - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Health and Wellbeing Board (CMIS website)
3B-13 - Assets and Procurement Committee (CMIS website)
3B-14 - Cambridge Joint Area Committee (CMIS website)
3C - Joint Committees (CMIS website)
3C-A – Greater Cambridge Partnership Integrated Governance Framework (CMIS website)
3C-B - Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel (CMIS website)
3C-C - Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) ACCESS Joint Committee (CMIS website)
3D - Scheme of Delegation to Officers (CMIS website)
3E - Shareholder Rights in Pathfinder Legal Services Ltd (CMIS website)
4-1 - Council Procedure Rules (CMIS website)
4-2 - Access to Information Procedure Rules (CMIS website)
4-3 - Budget and Policy Framework Rules (CMIS website)
4-4 - Procedure Rules for Committee and Sub-Committee Meetings (CMIS website)
4-4a - Procedure for Taking Urgent Decisions (CMIS website)
4-5 - Financial and Contract Procedure Rules (CMIS website)
4-5 - Annex 1 – Scheme of Financial Management (CMIS website)
4-5 - Annex 2 – Contract Procedure Rules (CMIS website)
5-1 - Members' Code of Conduct (CMIS website)
5-1a - Guidance on Confidentiality (CMIS website)
5-1b - Guidance on Gifts and Hospitality (CMIS website)
5-1c - Guidance on Conflicts of Interest (CMIS website)
5-2 - Officers' Code of Conduct (CMIS website)
5-3 - Protocol on Member / Officer Relations (CMIS website)
5-4 – Elections and Referendums: Code of Practice for Members, Candidates and Staff (CMIS website)
