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Issue - meetings
New Standards Framework
Meeting: 26/06/2012 - Council (Item 54)
54 New Standards Framework
Consultation on this item has been undertaken with town, parish and city councils. The report of the Monitoring Officer will follow to ensure all comments received by the closing date of 15 June are collated and taken into account.
Supporting documents:
- New Standards Framework - Covering report, item 54 PDF 92 KB
- New Standards Framework - Appendix 1 - Consultation Document, item 54 PDF 218 KB
- New Standards Framework - Appendix 1 - Appendix A - Briefing Note, item 54 PDF 609 KB
- New Standards Framework - Appendix 1 - Appendix B - Draft Code of Conduct, item 54 PDF 584 KB
- New Standards Framework - Appendix 1 - Appendix C - arrangements for dealing with complaints and Annex 1, item 54 PDF 699 KB
- New Standards Framework - Appendix 1 - Appendix C - Annex 2 - complaint flowchart, item 54 PDF 282 KB
- New Standards Framework - Appendix 1 - Apepndix D - JD and Person Spec, item 54 PDF 516 KB
- New Standards Framework - Appendix 1 - Appendix E - Terms of Ref Standards Committee, item 54 PDF 587 KB
- New Standards Framework - Appendix 2 - Summary comments received from parish councils, item 54 PDF 78 KB
- New Standards Framework - Appendix 3 - Report of the Remuneration Panel, item 54 PDF 124 KB
- New Standards Framework - Appendix 4 - NALC Draft Code of Conduct, item 54 PDF 149 KB
- New Standards Framework - Appendix 5 - Disclosable Pecuniary Interests Regulations 2012, item 54 PDF 518 KB
Minutes:
Council had at its meeting on 15 May 2012 resolved a number of measures in preparation for implementing a new standards framework as required by the Localism Act 2011. In particular, Council had approved the establishment of a new Standards Committee. It had also approved a new draft Code of Conduct and arrangements for dealing with complaints under the Code for the purpose of consultation with town, parish and city councils.
At the Chairman’s invitation, Cllr Julian Johnson, Chairman of the Standards Committee presented a report on the outcome of the consultation with parish, town and city councils on this Council’s proposals under the new standards framework. Council was therefore asked to determine its arrangements for the new standards framework in the light of the outcome of the consultation for implementation on 1 July 2012.
Cllr Johnson responded to questions raised and moved the recommendations set out in the report presented and this was seconded by Cllr Chris Williams.
Resolved:
(1) note the comments received from
parish councils in response to the
consultation.
(2) approve the draft code of conduct
as set out in Appendix B of
Appendix 1 of the report presented for adoption with effect from
1 July 2012.
(3) ask the standards committee to
develop proposals, in consultation
with parish councils, on any additional pecuniary and non-pecuniary
interests that should be declared and registered under the code of
conduct, and on the question of withdrawal from meetings, and to
bring these back to council for consideration at the earliest
opportunity.
Cllr Francis Morland requested that his vote against the above decisions (1-3) be recorded.
Cllr
Russell Hawker requested that his abstention from voting on the
above decisions (1-3) be recorded.
(4) approve the arrangements for
dealing with code of conduct
complaints, as set out in Appendix C of Appendix 1, for adoption
with effect from 1 July 2012.
Cllr
Russell Hawker requested that his vote against the above decision
(4) be recorded.
(5)
set the level of allowance for
the statutory role of the
Independent Person appointed under Section 28(6) of the Localism
Act 2011 at £2,240 per annum with effect from 1 July
2012.
(6)
note that the Independent Remuneration
Panel will review this allowance in the light of experience as part
of its full review of members’ allowances in the
autumn.
(7)
agree that initial appointments of
co-opted members are made from the existing co-opted membership of
the former standards committee for a term of approximately 12
months until such time as new appointments are made following
parish council elections in May 2013.
(8)
note that the appointment of non-voting
co-opted members to the new standards committee will now be made on
10 July 2012.
(Adjourned for lunch 2.05pm – 2.50pm)