Agenda item

The Committee received the report which set out the proposed changes to Protocol 11 – Arrangements for dealing with Code of Conduct complaints.

The proposals included the removal of the separate Local Assessment Criteria document, with relevant content being incorporated into the new Protocol 11 and amendments to the Procedure Rules for the Assessment Sub-Committee.

Both of the current documents had been in force since January 2020. Since that time aspects requiring modification had been raised and were now addressed within the prosed changes, as summarised within the report.

It was;

Resolved:

To approve the proposed new version of Protocol 11 – Arrangements for Dealing with Code of Conduct Complaints and recommend its adoption into the council’s Constitution by Full Council.

To recommend the removal of the Local Assessment Criteria document by Full Council, with necessary and updated information from the document now incorporated in the proposed Protocol 11.

To approve the proposed new version of the Assessment Sub-Committee Procedure document.