Issue - meetings

Following the recommendation of the Standards Committee this report seeks Council approval to amend the Constitution to include the Officer Code of Conduct and to update the training requirements for Councillors who are appointed to the Standards Committee.

Councillor J Salmon proposed that the meeting be adjourned for resumption on a new date. This was seconded and Council moved to the vote:

Voting: F17:A28 (3 abstentions).

The motion was lost.

The Vice-Chair of the Standards Committee, Councillor Adrian Chapmanlaw, presented the report and outlined the recommendations as set out on the agenda.

Following debate, it was:

RESOLVED: - that

The Council’s Constitution be updated to include the Officer Code of Conduct at Part 6.

Article 8.4 of the Council’s Constitution be amended to insert the following provision

8.4.1 – Standards Committee

No Councillor shall sit as a member, or where applicable, as a substitute member of the Standards Committee unless they have completed all training deemed essential and promoted via the Councils Learning Management and Cyber Security training platforms

To delegate authority to the Monitoring Officer to take all steps necessary to ensure the Council’s Constitution remains up to date in respect of these recommendations

Voting: F42:A0 (7 abstentions)

Councillor C Weight left 23:08

Councillor C Weight returned 23:13