Meeting documents
Standards Committee
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
standards committee
MINUTES of the Meeting held in the Council Chamber, Swale House, East Street, Sittingbourne on Wednesday 28th February 2007 from 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm.
Present: Councillors Jackie Constable, Brenda Hammond and David Simmons.
Officers Present: Miss Davies and Mr Radford.
Also In Attendance: Messrs Long and Nunn (Independent Members).
Apologies: Councillors Mike Cosgrove and Cindy Davis.
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election of chairmanRESOLVED:
(1) That Mr Long be elected Chairman for the Municipal Year. |
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election of vice-chairmanRESOLVED:
(1) That Councillor Brenda Hammond be elected as Vice-Chairman for the Municipal Year. |
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minutesThe Minutes of the Meeting held on 8th June 2005 (Minute Nos. 53 - 57) and the Extraordinary Meeting held on 10th August 2005 (Minute No. 229) were taken as read, confirmed and signed by the Chairman as correct records. |
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declarations of interestNo interests were declared. |
part a minutes for confirmation |
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consultation on amendments to the model code of conduct for local authoritiesThe Director of Corporate Services, Governance and Scrutiny, in his capacity as Monitoring Officer, submitted a report which required feedback on consultation on amendments to the Model Code of Conduct. He explained that his report set out explanations of each section of the consultation document; the questions asked and his suggestions on issues to be considered. The Committee worked, section by section, through the Director of Corporate Services, Governance and Scrutiny's report and Members were invited to add further comments. Additional comments were added as below:- RECOMMENDED:
(1) That the Director of Corporate Services, Governance and Scrutiny responds to the consultation as set out in his report, subject to the additional comments made by the Standards Committee. |
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monitoring officer reportThe Director of Corporate Services, Governance and Scrutiny introduced his first annual report relating to his role as Monitoring Officer. He set out his role and what it entailed. He confirmed that he would report back to the Standards Committee with regard to maintaining the register of Members' interests and the Code of Conduct for Employees.
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RECOMMENDED:
(1) That the report be noted. |
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