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Items
No. Item

26.

Apologies

To receive any apologies or substitutions for the meeting.

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillors Allison Bucknell, Anna Cuthbert and Bob Jones MBE.

 

Councillor Cuthbert was substituted by Councillor Peter Hutton. Councillor Bucknell was substituted by Councillor Sue Evans.

27.

Minutes

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 25 April 2017.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 25 April 2017 were presented, and it was,

 

Resolved:

 

To approve and sign as a true and correct record.

28.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations.

29.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive any announcements through the Chair.

Minutes:

Through the Chair it was announced that three Independent Persons had been appointed at Council on 16 May 2017 on the recommendation of the Committee, and that arrangements were underway for code of conduct training for town and parish councillors to take place in the autumn 2017.

30.

Public Participation

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public.

 

Statements

If you would like to make a statement at this meeting on any item on this agenda, please register to do so at least 10 minutes prior to the meeting. Up to 3 speakers are permitted to speak for up to 3 minutes each on any agenda item. Please contact the officer named on the front of the agenda for any further clarification.

 

Questions

To receive any questions from members of the public or members of the Council received in accordance with the constitution.

 

Those wishing to ask questions are required to give notice of any such questions in writing to the officer named on the front of this agenda no later than 5pm on 31 May 2017 in order to be guaranteed of a written response. In order to receive a verbal response questions must be submitted no later than 5pm on2 June 2017. Please contact the officer named on the front of this agenda for further advice. Questions may be asked without notice if the Chairman decides that the matter is urgent.

 

Details of any questions received will be circulated to Committee members prior to the meeting and made available at the meeting and on the Council’s website.

Minutes:

There were no questions or statements submitted.

31.

Status Report on Complaints

To receive an update on Code of Conduct complaints.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received an update report on the status of Code of Conduct complaints, including total numbers, those referred for investigation and the types of complaint received.

 

Resolved:

 

To note the report.

32.

Appointment of Constitution Focus Group

To seek approval for the appointment of a Constitution Focus Group to assist the Standards Committee in its role of overseeing the Council’s Constitution.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Since its creation as a unitary authority in 2009 the Council has appointed a Constitution Focus Group to advise and assist the Monitoring Officer and the Standards Committee in their respective roles of overseeing the Council’s Constitution.

 

The Committee received a report recommending the Focus Group be re-established, with minor changes to the terms of reference to specify how the chairman be appointed and to clarify that constitutional changes might need to be made in response to any legislative changes.

 

Resolved:

 

To approve the establishment of a Constitution Focus Group with terms of reference as attached to these minutes.

33.

Date of Next Meeting

To confirm the date of the next meeting as 13 September 2017.

Minutes:

The date of the next meeting was confirmed as 13 September 2017.

34.

Urgent Items

To consider any items considered, in the opinion of the Chairman, to be urgent.

Minutes:

There were no urgent items.