Cornwall Council governance decisions
Constitution changes, scheme of delegation, appointments, motions and procedural decisions.
409 decisions classified as governance.
- Election of Councillor Jenkin as Chairman31 Jul 2025Standards CommitteeOutcome: Carried
The council has elected Councillor Jenkin to be the chair of the Standards Committee.
- Approval of Minutes from 24 April 202531 Jul 2025Standards CommitteeOutcome: Carried
The council approved the recorded minutes of the Standards Committee meeting held on 24 April 2025.
- Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman Complaints Report31 Jul 2025Standards CommitteeOutcome: Noted
The council is publishing a report on complaints received and dealt with by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, thanking the Complaints Team for their improvements.
- Ethical Standards Complaints Procedures31 Jul 2025Standards CommitteeOutcome: Approved
The council has approved new procedures for handling ethical standards complaints.
- Unreasonable Customer Behaviour Policy31 Jul 2025Standards CommitteeOutcome: Approved
The council approved a new policy for handling unreasonable customers, adding changes that let the Chairman take part in reviews and fix the gap between officers and councillors.
- Work Programme and Re-establishment of Working Groups31 Jul 2025Standards CommitteeOutcome: Approved
The council approved a work plan for July 2025 through July 2026 and re‑established four working groups to handle recruitment, ombudsman complaints and code‑of‑conduct matters.
- Ethical Standards Complaints Report for Q1 2025-202631 Jul 2025Standards CommitteeOutcome: Noted
The council has released a quarterly report showing the ethical standards complaints it received and handled in the first quarter of 2025‑2026.
- Annual Report of Standards Committee 2024-202531 Jul 2025Standards CommitteeOutcome: Approved
The Council is asked to approve the Standards Committee’s annual report for 2024‑2025, which covers the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
- Election of Councillor P Mitchell as Vice-Chairman31 Jul 2025Standards CommitteeOutcome: Carried
The council voted to make Councillor P. Mitchell the Vice‑Chairman of the Standards Committee.
- Elect Councillor Moorcroft as Chairman30 Jul 2025Street Trading and Pavement Licensing Sub CommitteeOutcome: Carried
The council voted to appoint Councillor Moorcroft as Chairman of the meeting.
- Adopt minutes of Cabinet meeting 18 June 202530 Jul 2025CabinetOutcome: Approved
The council approved the June 18, 2025 Cabinet meeting minutes as correct and asked the Chairman to sign them.
- Exclude public from meeting under Section 100A30 Jul 2025Street Trading and Pavement Licensing Sub CommitteeOutcome: Carried
The council voted to keep the public out of the meeting because the agenda item contains information that is exempt under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972.
- Sign minutes of Sustainable Growth & Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting29 Jul 2025Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee
The council decided that the Chairman will sign the minutes of the Sustainable Growth & Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 1 July 2025 to confirm they are an accurate record.
- Approve draft Work Programme with amendment regarding Climate Change Action Plan29 Jul 2025Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny CommitteeOutcome: Approved
The council approved the draft Work Programme but will only finalize it after the Climate Change Action Plan/Net Zero Target is discussed at the October 7, 2025 meeting, and they also set a process for mid‑year changes.
- Approval of Appeals Committee minutes28 Jul 2025Appeals Committee
The council approved the minutes of the July 7, 2025 Appeals Committee meeting, confirming they are correct and should be signed by the chair.
- Election of Chairman for the meeting28 Jul 2025Appeals Committee
Councillor Channon was elected as the meeting’s chairman after a motion by Councillor O’Keefe and a second from Councillor Candy.
- Exclusion of press and public during consideration of certain business28 Jul 2025Appeals Committee
The council voted to keep the press and public out of the meeting while they discuss a travel‑assistance request that contains confidential information.
- Exclude press and public from consideration of exempt information24 Jul 2025Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Economic Prosperity BoardOutcome: Carried
The council voted to keep the press and public out of the meeting when discussing matters that could reveal confidential financial or personal information.
- Delegate authority to Head of Service for Economy to allocate Reserve List funding24 Jul 2025Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Economic Prosperity BoardOutcome: Carried
The council gave the Head of Service for Economy permission, after consulting the Economic Regeneration and Investment portfolio holder, to spend Reserve List money on projects when needed.
- Approval of minutes of 6 May 2025 Fire and Rescue Service Local Pension Board24 Jul 2025Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service Local Pension BoardOutcome: Approved
The council approved the May 6, 2025 minutes of the Fire and Rescue Service Local Pension Board, confirming they were accurate and should be signed by the Chairman after correcting the officer titles.
- Approve and sign minutes of 27 Feb 2025 Economic Prosperity Board meeting24 Jul 2025Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Economic Prosperity BoardOutcome: Carried
The council agreed to confirm that the record of the Economic Prosperity Board meeting on 27 February 2025 is correct and to have the chairman sign it.
- Report noted24 Jul 2025Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service Local Pension BoardOutcome: Noted
The council agreed to note the report after Anthony Bartlett proposed it and Stephen Miles seconded the motion.
- Delegate authority to Head of Service for Economy to negotiate contracts24 Jul 2025Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Economic Prosperity BoardOutcome: Carried
The Head of Service for Economy, with input from the Section 151 Officer, is now authorized to negotiate contract terms and sign funding agreements for approved applications.
- Election of Victoria Wallens-Hancock as Chairman24 Jul 2025Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service Local Pension BoardOutcome: Approved
The council voted by a show of hands and chose Victoria Wallens‑Hancock as Chairman.
- Draft Work Programme approved23 Jul 2025Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny CommitteeOutcome: Approved
The council voted to approve the 2025‑26 draft work programme, a motion put forward by Councillor Chopak and seconded by Councillor Creek.