Agenda and minutes
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies of absence were received from Cllr Hart, who was substituted by Cllr H.Scobie, Cllr S Tomlinson, who was substituted by Cllr M Tomlinson and from Cllr Marson. |
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Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations of interest. Members are advised to consider the extract from the Standard Board Code of Conduct for Members, which forms part of the Declaration of Interest Form at the back of this Agenda. If a Member declares an interest, they should complete that Form and hand it to the Officer clerking the meeting. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Minutes of Previous Meeting To approve the Minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on 5 February 2014, copy attached. Minutes: The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 5 February 2014 were approved and signed by the Chairman. |
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Exclusion of public and press Minutes: On the proposal of Councillor Fenner, seconded by Councillor Poole, it was AGREED:
“That the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the report relating to item number 5 on the agenda, “Appointment of Initial Assessor”, on the grounds that the report contained exempt information by virtue of Paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. |
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Appointment of Initial Assessor Minutes: Members discussed the report.
It was proposed by Councillor Fenner, seconded by Councillor M Tomlinson and AGREED that:
1) That the report of the Monitoring Officer be received and noted.
2) That Alison Lowton be appointed as a consultant to conduct an assessment of the complaints made by Councillor Driver in respect of a senior officer in order to determine whether or not in the opinion of the consultant there is a case to answer in respect of any of them that would warrant the appointment of a Designated Independent Person.
3) That the Assessor reports her findings to a future meeting of the General Purposes Committee.
4) That the reasonable costs and disbursements of the Assessor incurred in connection with her appointment be met by the Council.
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