Agenda item - Standards Update

RESOLVED –

That the Audit, Standards, and General Purposes Committee:

1)       Note the contents of this report, including the data provided on member complaints at Appendix 1.

2)       Approve the proposed changes to the initial tests against which member complaints are assessed as set out in Appendix 2 and give the Monitoring Officer delegated authority to update the Council’s Constitution to incorporate those changes, including by making any changes considered necessary or incidental to give effect to the proposal.

25.1    The committee considered a report on an update on standards-related matters, including on the progress of complaints alleging that Members have breached the Council’s Code of Conduct for Members and a proposed update to the procedure for dealing with allegations of breaches of the Code of Conduct for Members.

25.2    Councillors Gauge, Guilmant, Meadows, and West asked questions and contributed to the debate of the report.

25.3    The committee voted in favour of the report recommendations, Councillor Meadows abstained.

25.3    RESOLVED –

That the Audit, Standards, and General Purposes Committee:

1)       Note the contents of this report, including the data provided on member complaints at Appendix 1.

2)       Approve the proposed changes to the initial tests against which member complaints are assessed as set out in Appendix 2 and give the Monitoring Officer delegated authority to update the Council’s Constitution to incorporate those changes, including by making any changes considered necessary or incidental to give effect to the proposal.