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Agenda and minutes

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Items
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389.

APOLOGIES

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Mr Bool and Mr Oxley.

390.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

In accordance with the Regulations, Members are invited to declare any

disclosable interests under the Code of Conduct and the nature of those

interests in respect of items on this Agenda and/or indicate if Section 106 of

the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

 

Minutes:

Mr Lowe confirmed that as one of the complainants in relation to the complaint at Item 9 of the agenda, he would leave the room during debate and decision of this item.

 

No further declarations of interest were received.

391.

TERMS OF REFERENCE pdf icon PDF 48 KB

To note the terms of reference, number of places and voting places,

membership and dates of meetings of the Conduct Committee.

Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

That the terms of reference, number of places and voting places, membership and dates of meetings of the Conduct Committee be noted.

392.

PETITIONS, DEPUTATION AND QUESTIONS

To receive any petitions, deputations and questions received from members

of the public in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 93. The

total time allowed for this shall be 30 minutes. Petitions, deputations and

questions shall be dealt with in the order in which they are received.

 

Questions may also be submitted at short notice by giving a written copy to

the Committee Administrator 15 minutes before the start of the meeting.

The total time allowed for questions at short notice is 15 minutes out of the

total time of 30 minutes.

 

Any petitions, deputations and questions which have been submitted with

prior formal notice will take precedence over questions submitted at short

notice. Any questions which are not considered within the time limit shall

receive a written response after the meeting and be the subject of a report to

the next meeting.

 

 

Minutes:

No petitions, deputations or questions had been received in relation to items listed on the agenda for this meeting.

393.

QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS

To consider any questions received from Members of the Council in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 95.

Minutes:

There were no questions from Members.

394.

NOTICES OF MOTION

To consider any Notices of Motion from Members submitted under Procedure Rule 97.

 

Minutes:

There were no notices of motion.

395.

ALLEGATION OF BREACH OF CODE OF CONDUCT - ALDERMAN pdf icon PDF 93 KB

To receive Report No. 200/2018 from the Monitoring Officer.

Minutes:

Report No. 200/2018 was received from the Monitoring Officer the purpose of which was to enable the Conduct Committee to decide whether the complaint in relation to Councillor Alderman should be referred for investigation.

 

Mr Horsfield, Monitoring Officer, reminded the Committee that they were simply being asked to indicate whether this matter should proceed to investigation.  The Committee were asked to restrict their deliberations to this matter alone and to refrain from any consideration of the merits or otherwise of the case.  The report was being heard in public as there were no details being disclosed that were not already in the public domain through the Police investigation and subsequent conviction.

 

During debate the following points were raised:

 

  1. There was a duty on the Council imposed by the Standards Regime to promote high standards of conduct.  The legal tests applied to the criminal proceedings were wholly different from those applied by the Standards Process to ascertain whether there has been a breach of the Code of Conduct; and
  2. The investigation would be conducted by a professional with expertise in Standards matters.  A professional would be commissioned.

 

RESOLVED

 

1)    The Committee AGREED that the Complaint should be referred for investigation.

2)    The Committee APPROVED the terms of reference for the investigation set out in Appendix B and DELEGATED the authority to the Monitoring Officer to make any amendments required as the process proceeds.

 

396.

EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

The Committee is recommended to determine whether the public and press be excluded from the meeting in accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, and in accordance with the Access to Information provisions of Procedure Rule 239, as the following item of business is likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

 

Paragraph 3 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

Minutes:

The Committee AGREED that the Public and Press be excluded from the meeting in accordance with paragraph 1 of part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (Information relating to any individual).

 

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Mr A Lowe left the meeting.

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397.

ALLEGATION OF A BREACH OF CODE OF CONDUCT

To receive Report No. 201/2018 from the Monitoring Officer.

Additional documents:

398.

ALLEGATION OF A BREACH OF CODE OF CONDUCT

To receive Report No. 202/2018 from the Monitoring Officer.

Additional documents:

399.

ANY OTHER URGENT BUSINESS

To consider any other urgent business at the discretion of the person

presiding provided that it has been previously notified to them.

 

Minutes:

There was no other urgent business.