| 22 | The Head of Legal and Democratic Services submitted a report in respect of the following:-
i. Parish Council Meetings
It was reported that the programmed meetings with the Borough's Parish Councils were now largely completed and the minutes of the meetings were submitted at Appendix 1.
ii. Membership of the Committee
The Chairman, had indicated a wish to resign from the Committee, and it was now appropriate to consider the process that might be necessary for the recruitment to the Standards Committee.
iii. Training
Members of the Standards Committee were likely to be more closely concerned with the Investigation and adjudication of complaints in the future and it was, therefore, considered that the Independent Members, in particular, would benefit from an opportunity to improve their appreciation of the structures and processes of the Council.
iv. Role of the Chairman
The Standards Committee was chaired by an Independent Member, who unlike the Chairman of every other Committee of the Council, was therefore, not able to take part in meetings of the full Council when the Minutes of their Committee were presented.
The Deputy Chairman of the Committee was, an elected member and therefore able to participate in full Council to represent the Committee's views.
Members were asked to consider whether to request Council to permit the Independent Member Chairman to sit at full Council.
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