Issue - meetings

Leader’s Award

The Chairman informed members of the committee that the Leader of the Council, Jane Scott, had received an OBE in the New Years Honours List.  She suggested that congratulations on her commitment and achievement in delivering Wiltshire Council, and being justly rewarded with this honour be sent from the committee.

Meeting with the Leader and Chief Executive

The Chairman announced that she and  Ian Gibbons had met with the Leader of the Council and the Chief Executive on 17 December.  It had been very clear from the meeting that they were supportive of the Standards Committee and its work and welcomed further meetings.  The next meeting will be in February or March once the new Chief Executive is in post and thereafter meetings will be quarterly unless for a specific issue.

Constitution Focus Group Update

The elected member from the Scrutiny Committee has not yet been notified but once this is done the first meeting will be arranged.  It is hoped that this will be convened shortly.

Guidance note on officer’s code of conduct

This was not able to be completed in time for the meeting so it would be circulated to committee members by e-mail.

Agenda

The Chairman said that this was the first agenda to be produced on the Modern.Gov system and hoped that members would find the addition of page numbers a useful tool.