Agenda and minutes
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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Minutes: The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. |
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EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE The Chair will draw attention to the emergency evacuation procedure as set out on the Agenda. Minutes: The Democratic Services Officer read out the procedure. |
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTION Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillors Eleanor Jackson and Sarah Bevan and from Deborah Russell. |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST At this point in the meeting declarations of interest are received from Members in any of the agenda items under consideration at the meeting. Members are asked to indicate: (a) The agenda item number in which they have an interest to declare. (b) The nature of their interest. (c) Whether their interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or an other interest, (as defined in Part 2, A and B of the Code of Conduct and Rules for Registration of Interests) Any Member who needs to clarify any matters relating to the declaration of interests is recommended to seek advice from the Council’s Monitoring Officeror a member of his staff before the meeting to expedite dealing with the item during the meeting. Minutes: There were none. |
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TO ANNOUNCE ANY URGENT BUSINESS AGREED BY THE CHAIR The Chair will announce any items of urgent business accepted since the agenda was prepared under the Access to Information provisions. Minutes: There was none. |
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ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC - TO RECEIVE DEPUTATIONS, STATEMENTS, PETITIONS OR QUESTIONS Minutes: There were none. |
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ITEMS FROM COUNCILLORS AND CO-OPTED AND ADDED MEMBERS RELATING TO THE GENERAL BUSINESS OF THE COMMITTEE Minutes: There were none. |
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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF: 6 FEBRUARY 2014 Additional documents:
Minutes: The public and exempt minutes of the meeting of 6 February 2014 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.
The Monitoring Officer said that the revised Policy on Indemnities for Members and Officers (Minute 96) and the summary report on complaint cases would be presented to the next meeting of the Committee. |
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INVESTIGATION INTO COMPLAINTS 21-13 & 22-13 Additional documents:
Minutes: RESOLVED that having been satisfied that the public interest would be better served by not disclosing relevant information, the Committee resolves, in accordance with the provisions of section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, that the public be excluded from the meeting for this item of business because of the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended.
The Investigating Officer presented her report.
The complainants and the subject member made statements to the Committee. Following an adjournment, the Committee RESOLVED as follows:
The Standards Committee has carefully considered the complaints, the Investigating Officer’s report, the evidence presented and the statements made at this meeting. The Committee accepts that the discussion at the Parish Council meeting was robust, but does not find that this was sufficient to amount to a breach of the Code. The Committee reminds parish councillors that training on the Code of Conduct is readily available.
The Chair thanked the Investigating Officer for her report.
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