Agenda

Standards Committee - Thursday 23rd March 2023 10.30 am

Venue: Old Court Room - Town Hall, Huddersfield. View directions

Contact: Nicola Sylvester  Email: nicola.sylvester@kirklees.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Membership of the Committee

To receive any apologies for absence.

2.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 197 KB

To approve the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 10th October 2022.

3.

Interests pdf icon PDF 22 KB

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.

4.

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.

5.

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.  

 

6.

Code of Conduct complaints update pdf icon PDF 134 KB

To receive a report detailing Councillor complaints received since the last Standards Committee meeting in October 2022.

 

Contact Officer: David Stickley – Senior Legal Officer

Additional documents:

7.

Cases and News Update pdf icon PDF 157 KB

To receive a report setting out news and cases of interest since October 2022.

 

Contact Officer: David Stickley – Senior Legal Officer

Additional documents:

8.

Interim update on Member-Officer workshop sessions pdf icon PDF 149 KB

To receive a report on the recent Member-Officer workshop sessions.

 

Contact Officer: David Stickley - Senior Legal Officer