Meeting documents

Standards Committee
Friday 7 October 2005 4.30 pm

Date:
Friday, 7th October, 2005
Time:
4.30 pm
Place:
Committee Room, Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold
 

Attendance Details

ItemDescriptionResolution
6 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE.
Business for item 6
 
7 TO APPROVE AS A CORRECT RECORD THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 19 MAY 2005.
 RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the above meeting, having been circulated, be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
8 DECLARATION OF INTERESTS.
Business for item 8
 
9 MEMBER TRAINING
Business for item 9
RESOLVED:

1. That the Council consider the implementation of the following recommendations:-

i. That members appointed to either the Planning or Licensing Act Committees or both shall receive initial training and training specific to those Committees within 6 months of their appointment to those Committees.

ii. All members of the Planning and Licensing Act Committees shall receive at least one session of refresher training in each subsequent 12 month period.

iii. Training in Chairmanship skills should be made available to all current Chairmen and Vice Chairmen including those Members on the Licensing Panels, and all other Members who wish to undertake the training.

iv. That the Council should allocate responsibility for the collection of information on all Members' training to include data on attendance at training events and the review of evaluations of training received.

2. To keep the issue of protocols governing Council members under review as the role of the Licensing Act Committee and its Panels evolves.
10 CODE OF CONDUCT
Business for item 10
RESOLVED:

To note the report and Officers be requested to report back at a later date on what protocols other Authorities of a comparative size have with regard to the misuse of resources.
11 PARISH MEETINGS
Business for item 11
RESOLVED:

To note the report.
12 ANY OTHER ITEMS WHICH THE CHAIRMAN CONSIDERS URGENT.
Business for item 12
 
The meeting closed at 6.00 pm.

Attendance Details

Present:
J.P Lesquereux (Chairman) P.G. Barnes, F.J.D. Boot, C.N.F.W. Pratt, Mr J.R. Baggaley, Mr G.D Proctor, Mr G Wallis

Business

Business
ItemBusiness
6None.
8None declared.
9The Head of Legal and Democratic Services reported that at a recent meeting of the Group Whips the matter of Members' training was addressed. In particular, training for members of the Planning Committee and the Licensing Act Committee was considered. A further possible training need had been identified in chairmanship skills.

The Whips had requested that this matter be referred to the Standards Committee for consideration.

In addition, the Standards Committee had been asked to advise what protocols they would consider to be appropriate governing Council matters.

The Committee were therefore asked to consider the request received from the Group Whips.
10The Head of Legal and Democratic Services reported that the 2005 Annual Conference had been attended by the Monitoring Officer and Deputy Monitoring Officer, details and content of the Conference were included in the report.

In particular the proposed revisions to the Code of Conduct were discussed and the recommendations to clarify the provisions of the Code on misuse of resources.
11The Head of Legal and Democratic Services reminded Members that the Committee had resolved to meet with the Parish Clerks and Chairs to continue to debate with them as to their experiences of the working of the Code of Conduct and the ethical agenda in general.

Notes of the meetings which had taken place were submitted at Appendix 2 to the report.
12None.