Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive any declarations of interest.

The Minutes of the Standards Committee meeting held on 26 March 2024 to be agreed as a correct record.

The Standards Committee will have the following roles and functions:

·       promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct by Councillors, Co-opted members and church and Parent Governor Representatives;

·       assisting the Councillors and Co-opted Members and Church and Parent Governor Representatives to observe the Members' Code of Conduct;

·       advising the Council on the adoption or revision of the Members' Code of Conduct;

·       monitoring the operation of the Members' Code of Conduct;

·       advising, training or arranging to train Councillors and Co-opted Members and Church and Parent Governor Representatives on matters relating to the Members' Code of Conduct;

·       granting dispensations to Councillors and Co-opted Members and Church and Parent Governor Representatives from requirements relating to interests set out in the Members' Code of Conduct;

·       dealing with any reports from a case tribunal or interim case tribunal, and any report from the Monitoring Officer on any matter which is referred by an Ethical Standards Officer to the Monitoring Officer.

·       the exercise of points 1 to 7 above in relation to the Parish Councils wholly or mainly in its area and the members of those Parish Councils.

·       overview of the Council's policies and standards of conduct and ethics.

·       such other responsibilities as may be prescribed by law.

The Standards Committee will scrutinise Parish Council functions.

Part 5a - Councillor Code of Conduct 2020.pdf (moderngov.co.uk)

Summary: The promotion and implementation by councillors of a policy involving the sale of council houses in order to achieve a political advantage in circumstances where the councillors had been told that the implementation of such a policy would prevent the local authority from meeting its statutory housing obligations amounted to wilful misconduct for which the councillors were liable in damages.

To consider any items, which the Chair is of the opinion, shall be considered as a matter of urgency.