Meeting documents

Standards Committee
Friday 23 May 2008 4.30 pm

Date:

Friday, 23rd May, 2008

Time:

4.30pm

Place:

Committee Room, Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold

Attendance Details

Item	Description	Resolution
1	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE. Business for item 1
2	TO APPROVE AS A CORRECT RECORD THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 5 FEBRUARY 2008. (Attachment: 1)Minutes	RESOLVED: That the minutes of the above meeting, having been circulated, be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman
3	DECLARATION OF INTERESTS. Business for item 3
4	STANDARDS COMMITTEE (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2008 (Attachment: 2)Head of Democratic and Community Services Business for item 4	RESOLVED: i. To recommend to Council that the Standards Committee be established with a membership of 3 elected representatives 4 Independent Members and 4 Parish representatives to improve the capacity of the Committee to deal with local hearings. ii. To recommend to Council that it delegates power to the Standards Committee to deal with the recruitment of independent and parish members of the Committee. iii. That Robert Lilley from Bassetlaw District Council Standards Committee, be invited to speak to the Standards Committee on his experiences of case hearings. iv.That the Assessment and Review Sub Committees be made up of 3 Members, comprising 1 elected Member, 1 independent Member and 1 Parish Member wherever possible. Membership to be drawn ad hoc from the whole Committee membership. v. The sub Committee to be chaired by an Independent Member elected on the day. vi. Allegations of breach of the Code of Conduct to the Standards Committee to be dealt with as a separate system to the Council's Corporate Complaints System. The separate Complaints form to be based on the Standards Board template details to be drafted by Officers and circulated to Committee Members for comment.
5	THE STANDARDS BOARD ANNUAL ASSEMBLY BIRMINGHAM 13/14 OCTOBER 2008 (Attachment: 3)Head of Democratic and Community Services Business for item 5	RESOLVED: To authorise the attendance of the Chairman at the above Conference.
6	ANY OTHER ITEMS WHICH THE CHAIRMAN CONSIDERS URGENT. Business for item 6	RESOLVED: To request the Monitoring Officer to prepare a report and refer the Matter to the Assessment Sub-Committee

The meeting closed at 5.50 pm

Attendance Details

Present:

J.R Baggaley (Chairman), P.G. Barnes (a), F.J.D. Boot (a), C.N.F.W. Pratt, G.D Proctor, G.T Parkinson (a), G Wallis

Business

**Business**
Item	Business
1	An apology for absence was received from Councillor Boot.
3	No declarations were received.
4	The Head of Democratic and Community Services reported that the above Regulations had now been published and a summary was submitted at Appendix 1 to the report.
5	The Head of Democratic and Community Services reported that this year's conference called "Delivering the Goods: Local Standards in Action" would concentrate on local standards and explaining how to put the new framework into action. Members were requested to consider whether they would wish to nominate a member to attend the conference.
6	The following item was considered as a matter of urgency. COMPLAINT The Monitoring Officer advised Members of a complaint received from Mrs Baggaley. Mr J Baggaley declared a personal prejudicial interest, left the meeting and the Chair was taken by Mr G Wallis. Mr Wallis in the Chair.