Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Parish Councillor Way.

To approve the Minutes of the meeting of Standards Committee held on 1 July 2015, copy attached.

It was proposed by Councillor Johnston and seconded by Councillor Buckley and AGREED that the minutes of the meeting of 1 July 2015 were a correct record and be signed by the Chairman.

There were no declarations of interest.

Report and annexes to follow.

Tim Howes, Monitoring Officer outlined his report on the review of the Constitution and Member/Officer Protocol.

The Chairman advised Members of the membership of the Constitutional Review Working Party.  He reported that the substance of the Constitution had not been changed but work had been done to tidy and change the flow of the document to make it easier to use.

Councillor Collins spoke under Council Procedure rule 24.1.

Members proposed changes to the Constitution and Member/Officer Protocol.

Councillor Johnston proposed, Councillor Buckley seconded and Members AGREED:

“To recommend the revised parts of the Council’s Constitution to Council subject to the agreed amendments”.

The Committee noted the Local Government Ombudsman Annual Review.

The Committee noted the Standards Complaints statistics.