Issue - meetings
Code of Conduct - Amendments regarding Councillor Role Descriptions and Gifts and Hospitality Guidance
Meeting: 21/05/2019 - Council (Item 13)
The Standards Committee recommends that the Code of Conduct is amended to reference the Councillor Role Descriptions and that Council adopt the updated Councillors’ Gifts and Hospitality Guidance.
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Additional documents:
- Gifts and hospitality guidance - Appendix A, item 13
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- Webcast for CODE OF CONDUCT - AMENDMENTS REGARDING COUNCILLOR ROLE DESCRIPTIONS AND GIFTS & HOSPITALITY GUIDANCE
Minutes:
The Council considered a report regarding the Standards Committee recommendation that the Code of Conduct be amended to reference the Councillor Role Descriptions and that Council adopt the updated Councillors’ Gifts and Hospitality Guidance (Appendix A).
On a motion from Councillor Dine Romero, seconded by Councillor Sarah Bevan, it was (unanimously)
RESOLVED
1. That, on a recommendation from the Standards Committee, the Code of Conduct be amended to include the following paragraph;
“Members should have regard to the Role Descriptions that have been adopted. Any Councillor complaints considered by the Standards Committee may use these as information;”
2. That Council adopt the Councillors’ Gifts and Hospitality Guidance as part of the Code of Conduct as recommended by the Standards Committee.
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