Agenda and decisions
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Membership of the Committee This is where Councillors who are attending as substitutes will say for whom they are attending. Decision: The Chair welcomed Councillor Pattison as a new Board Member in her role as Chair of the Virtual School Governing Body. Apologies had been received from Councillor Andrew Marchington, Councillor Karen Allison, Steve Comb, Keith Fielding, Gill Addy, Sara Miles, Ophelia Rix and Colleen Callaghan.
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The Councillors will be asked to say if there are any items on the Agenda in which they have disclosable pecuniary interests, which would prevent them from participating in any discussion of the items or participating in any vote upon the items, or any other interests. Decision: No interests were declared |
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Minutes of Previous Meeting To approve the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 25 November 2019 Decision: RESOLVED- That the minutes of the last meeting, held on 4 March 2020 be approved as a correct record.
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Admission of the Public Most debates take place in public. This only changes when there is a need to consider certain issues, for instance, commercially sensitive information or details concerning an individual. You will be told at this point whether there are any items on the Agenda which are to be discussed in private. Decision: It was agreed that all agenda items would be held in public session. |
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Deputation/Petitions The Committee will receive any petitions and hear any deputations from members of the public. A deputation is where up to five people can attend the meeting and make a presentation on some particular issue of concern. A member of the public can also hand in a petition at the meeting but that petition should relate to something on which the body has powers and responsibilities.
In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10 (2), Members of the Public should provide at least 24 hours’ notice of presenting a deputation.
Decision: No deputations or petitions were received. |
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Public Question Time The Committee will hear any questions from the general public. Decision: No questions were asked. |
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Code of Conduct - Complaints Update To receive an update on Councillor complaints under the code of conduct.
Contact: David Stickley, Legal Services Additional documents: Decision: RESOLVED - That the report be received and noted. |
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Cases and News Update To provide an update on news and cases of interest since September 2019.
Contact: David Stickley, Legal Services Additional documents: Decision: RESOLVED - 1) That the report be received and noted. 2) That the draft Model Code of Conduct be submitted to the September meeting of this Committee. 3) That this Committee wishes to participate in the consultation on the draft model code of conduct that is being prepared by the LGA and delegates authority to the Monitoring Officer to draft a response in consultation with members of the Standards Committee and Group Business Managers.
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