Dullatur Community Council
Established in 1982
Constitution
Name The name of the Community Council shall be the Dullatur Community Council (thereinafter called the "the council").
Objectives The objectives of the council shall be (A) to ascertain, co-ordinate and express the view of the community which it serves to North Lanarkshire Council concerning matters for which North Lanarkshire is responsible; (b) ascertain, co-ordinate and express the view of the community which it serves to public bodies and industrial concerns which have an affect on the community from an administrative, social or economic point of view; (c) to take such action in the interests of the community which it serves as appears to the Council to be expedient and practicable, and (d) to seek financial support from any source for projects which further the foregoing objectives.
Area of Operation The area represented by the Council shall be defined in appendix one of the
Election and Co-option Arrangements for the election and co-option of members to the Council shall be as set out in paragraph 5 and 6 of the North Lanarkshire Scheme for Community Councils.
Meetings The council shall in each year hold meetings in accordance with the provision of paragraph 7 and 9 of the North Lanarkshire Scheme for Community Councils.
Calling of Meetings Written notice of each meeting, detailing the business to be transacted, shall be given, or sent by first class post, to all members of the Council area, not less than 7 days prior to the meeting.
Office Bearers The Council shall appoint from its membership, a chairperson, secretary and treasurer. The Council shall have the power to appoint such other office bearers as it may see fit, from time to time. It shall be the duties of the office bearers to attend every public meeting. All office bearers shall be elegible for re-election at the Annual General Meeting. It shall be competent, if so resolved, to make payments of honoraria to the chairperson, secretary and treasurer. The duties of the chairperson shall be to conduct meetings of the Council, to co-operate with the secretary in arranging the agenda for meetings. The duties of the secretary shall be to arrange a minute of all meetings of the Council to be taken and prepared for the approval of the Council. The duties of the treasurer shall be to keep proper records and vouchers of all monies belonging to the Council, to prepare regular financial statements for the Council, to make available to the Director of Finance of North Lanarkshire Council, or his appointed auditor all records and vouchers required for the audit and to operate in the name of the Council.
Appointment of Committees The Council may be required for the annual audit and to assist them in its discharge of its duties in terms of paragraph 9.8 of the North Lanarkshire Scheme for Community Councils.
Quorum The quorum for the meeting shall be determined in paragraph 4.3 of the North Lanarkshire Scheme for Community Councils.
Finance The arrangements for financial management of the Council shall be as determined in paragraphs 9.4 and 10 of the North Lanarkshire Scheme for Community Councils and in accordance with such other advice as the Director of Finance of North Lanarkshire Council issues form time to time.
Property The title to all and any heritable property which may be acquired by /or for the purpose of the Council shall be and shall thereafter stand in the name of the chairperson, secretary and treasurer of the Council and their successors in these respective offices and Trustees for and on behalf of the Council.
Dissolution The provisions for the dissolution of the Council shall be as determined I paragraph 13 of the North Lanarkshire Scheme for Community Councils.
Information Procedures The Council, shall exchange with North Lanarkshire Council agenda and minutes of their meetings. The Council will make available in a public library, convenient to their area, or any such public place, a copy of their minutes.
Liaison For the purpose of the general liaison with the Council, the Director of Administration of North Lanarkshire Council is recognised as the official liaison point.
Amendment to the Constitution Amendment to the Council's Constitution can be considered by the Council only at the AGM or at an Extraordinary General Meeting called for the purpose in terms of paragraph 7 of the North Lanarkshire Scheme for Community Councils, and shall have effect only if approved by, or on behalf of North Lanarkshire Council.
In any instance where there is a conflict between any provision of the Constitution and of the North Lanarkshire Scheme for Community Councils currently in force, the provisions of the North Lanarkshire Scheme will apply not withstanding any contrary provision of the Community Council Constitution.