Agenda item
Standards Committee Recommendations on Changes to the Constitution
Report by the Associate Director, Legal and Governance and Monitoring Officer incorporating recommendations from the Standards Committee on revisions to the Wiltshire Council Constitution.
This item was deferred by Council at its meeting on 12 November 2013, pending a briefing on the changes for all councillors which has been arranged for 30 January 2014. This now includes a further recommendation from the Standards Committee made since the last meeting of Council.
Minutes:
As requested at the last Council meeting, a briefing session for members was held on 30 January 2014 to go through the detail of the proposed changes as recommended by the Standards Committee. Members thanked Ian Gibbons, Monitoring Officer for the excellent briefing held and suggested that similar briefings be arranged in respect of future changes.
Cllr Julian Johnson, Chairman of the Standards Committee presented a report which detailed the proposed changes together with the necessary documents from the constitution with tracked changes for ease of reference. Cllr Johnson moved the proposed changes and this was duly seconded by Cllr John Noeken.
Resolved:
a) That Council approve the recommended changes to the following documents of the constitution as presented:
Protocol 2 - Councillor/ Officer Relations
Protocol 3 - Guidance to Members on Outside Bodies
Protocol 4 - Planning Code of Good Practice
Part 5 - Access to Information Procedure Rules
b) That Council agree:
i. NottoamendtheCodeof Conduct toimposea requirementto register additionalinterestsoverandabovethestatutory disclosablepecuniary interests,but torelyon theexisting provisionsoftheCode,inparticular, paragraph 6, and guidance from the DCLG‘Openness andtransparency on personal interests’andto drawthisguidance totheattentionof parish, townandcitycouncils.
ii. ToamendtheCouncil’sConstitutiontorequirecouncillorswitha disclosablepecuniaryinterest towithdrawfroma meeting in their capacity as a councillor when business relating totheirinterestisbeing considered.
iii. NottomakeanychangestotheCodeofConduct ongifts and hospitalityon thebasisthattheexistingprovisionisadequate.
Supporting documents:
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Item 10 - 01 Standards Committee Recommendations on the Constitution Report, item 10.
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Item 10 - 02 Standards Committee Recommendations on the Constitution - Appendix 1 - Minute Extract 10 July, item 10.
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Item 10-03 Standards Committee Recommendations on the Constitution Appendix 1a Protocol 2, item 10.
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Item 10-04 Standards Committee Recommendations on the Constitution Appendix 1b Protocol 2 Appendix, item 10.
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Item 10-05 Standards Committee Recommendations on the ConstitutionAppendix 1c Protocol 3, item 10.
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Item 10-06 Standards Committee Recommendations on the Constitution Appendix 1d Protocol 4, item 10.
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Item 10 - 07 Standards Committee Recommendations on the Constitution - Appendix 2 - Minute Extract 20 January, item 10.
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Item 10-08 Standards Committee Recommendations on the Constitution Appendix 2a Part 5, item 10.
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Item 10 - 09 Standards Committee Recommendations on the Constitution - Appendix 3 - Minute Extract, item 10.
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Item 10 - 10 Standards Committee Recommendations on the Constitution - Appendix 3 - Report on Extract, item 10.
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Item 10 - 11 Standards Committee Recommendations on the Constitution - Appendix 3 - A - Letter to Parish Councils, item 10.
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Item 10 - 12 Standards Committee Recommendations on the Constitution - Appendix 3 - B - Consultation Summary, item 10.
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Item 10-13 Standards Committee Recommendations on the Constitution Appendix 3C Consultation Responses, item 10.
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Item 10 - 14 Standards Committee Recommendations on the Constitution - Appendix 3 - D.docx - DCLG Guidance on Personal Interests, item 10.
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