Meeting documents

Standards Committee
Thursday 9 June 2011 4.30 pm

Date:

Thursday, 9th June, 2011

Time:

4.30pm

Place:

Committee Room, Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold

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 10 FEBRUARY 2011 (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	APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR	Mr J R Baggaley was appointed as Chair and Councillor P G Barnes as Vice-Chair
5	REGISTER OF MEMBER'S INTERESTS AND INDUCTION ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEW MEMBERS (Attachment: 2)Report of the Senior Solicitor Helen Barrington Business for item 5	RESOLVED: To note the report.
6	ANY OTHER ITEMS WHICH THE CHAIRMAN CONSIDERS URGENT. Business for item 6

The meeting closed at 5.10pm.

Present:

Mr J.R. Baggaley, P.G. Barnes, F.J.D. Boot, P.A. Hughes, C.N.F.W. Pratt, Mr D. Evans, Mr D. Kotak, Mr G. T. Parkinson, Mr G.D Proctor, Mr G Wallis

**Business**
Item	Business
1	Apooligies were received from Councillor Boot and Mr Proctor.
3	None
5	The Senior Solicitor Helen Barrington submitted a report to inform Members of the current position with regards to the Register of Members' Interests and induction arrangements for new Members. Mr Kotak arrived at the meeting
6	The Chair updated the Committee on the contact he had with other Local Authorities about their preliminary views on continuing with some form of Standards regime. The Committee requested that the Senior Solicitor make the new Leader and Deputy Leader aware of the views of the Standards Committee by providing them with a copy of the Minutes of the last meeting.