Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Monitoring Officer

The Monitoring Officer presented the report which asked the committee to consider a draft Annual Governance Statement for 2009/10 before final approval is sought from the Audit Committee at its meeting on 30 September 2010.

He drew members’ attention to the section on ethical governance.

It was requested that, in respect of paragraph 42 (b), mention be made of issue of quorums and dispensations that could be granted by the Standards Committee and the leaflet that had been produced on the Standards Committee “ Introducing your … Standards Committee “One county, one standards”.  It was also felt that in paragraph 18 an additional responsibility of the Standards Committee should be added namely “grants dispensations relating to personal and prejudicial interests”:

Resolved

To note the report and make the necessary amendments as detailed above.