Meeting documents

Standards Committee
Thursday 13 September 2012 4.30 pm

Date:

Thursday, 13th September, 2012

Time:

4.30pm

Place:

Committee Room, Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold

Item	Description	Resolution
7	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE. Business for item 7
8	TO APPROVE, AS A CORRECT RECORD, THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 14 JUNE 2012. (Attachment: 1)Minutes 14 June 2012	RESOLVED: That the minutes of the above meeting, having been circulated, be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.
9	DECLARATION OF INTERESTS. Business for item 9
10	UPDATE ON THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW STANDARDS REGIME UNDER THE LOCALISM ACT (Attachment: 2)Report of the Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer (Attachment: 3)Appendix 1 - remit of the Standards Committee Business for item 10	RESOLVED to: 1. note the report; and 2. set up a sub-committee comprising Councillors Barnes, Hughes and Boot and Mr Gordon Wallis to deal with the recruitment of the reserve Independent Person.
11	OPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY ON PERSONAL INTERESTS: A GUIDE FOR COUNCILLORS (Attachment: 4)Report of the Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer (Attachment: 5)Appendix 1 - Letter from Bob Neill MP (Attachment: 6)Appendix 2 - DCLG guide Business for item 11	RESOLVED: To note the contents of the guide and request that the Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer circulate the guide to all Borough Councillors and Parish Clerks (for circulation to Parish Councillors).
12	ANY OTHER ITEMS WHICH THE CHAIRMAN CONSIDERS URGENT. Business for item 12

Present:

P.G. Barnes (Chair), F.J.D. Boot, P.A. Hughes, M.R. Payne(a), S.J. Prew-Smith(a), G.G. Tunnicliffe, Mr D. Evans, Mr G. T. Parkinson (a), Mr G Wallis

**Business**
Item	Business
7	Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Payne and Prew-Smith and Mr G. Parkinson.
9	None.
10	Consideration was given to a report of the Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer, which had been previously circulated, updating Members on the progress made to introduce the new standards regime required under the Localism Act.
11	Consideration was given to a report of the Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer, which had previously been circulated, informing Members that the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has issued a Guide for Councillors on Openness and Transparency on Personal Interests.
12	None.