Venue: Exe Room, Phoenix House
Link: audio recording
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Apologies and Substitute Members To receive any apologies for absence and notices of appointment of Substitute Members (if any). |
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Public Question Time To receive any questions relating to items on the Agenda from members of the public and replies thereto.
Note: A maximum of 30 minutes is allowed for this item. |
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To approve as a correct record the minutes of the last meeting (attached). |
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Chairman's Announcements To receive any announcements the Chairman of the Committee may wish to make. |
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Constitution Working Group (00:02:55) PDF 362 KB The Committee to receive an update from the Monitoring Officer outlining the ongoing work of the Constitution Working Group.
To include:
Officer Code of Conduct Articles
Additional documents: |
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Exclusion of the Press and Public (01:04:58) Councillor D F Pugsley raised the following matter at the Scrutiny Meeting held on 8 December 2014.
Exclusion of Press and Public.
Following discussion it was RECOMMENDED to the Standards Committee that Procedure Rule 21 have the following text added as a second paragraph referring to 12.02.d.
Whenever there is a possibility that an item may need to be discussed in part two the agenda should include a brief explanation as to why this might be the case, in plain English, and make reference to the Constitution, Article 12, which mentions a presumption in favour of openness and transparency.
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State of the District Debate (01:14:10) The following motion had been referred to the Standards Committee for consideration and report:
This Council resolves to amend the Constitution by adding the following sentence at the end of Procedure Rule 16.1:
"If in any year the Leader fails to call a debate, it may be called by notice in writing to the Chief Executive signed by any 5 members of the Council."
In accordance with Procedure Rule 15.6(a) Councillor D F Pugsley requested that the Motion be altered to read:
"that the Constitution be amended by adding the following sentence at the end of Procedure Rule 16.1:
If the Leader declines or fails to call a debate within nine months in any municipal year, it may be called by notice in writing to the Chief Executive signed by any 10 Members of the Council.
The Standards Committee at its meeting on 12 November 2014 considered this proposal and recommended that it be supported.
Following discussion at Council , it was AGREED that the Motion be referred back to the Standards Committee as Members requested further clarification with regard to who requests the subject of the debate. |
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Standards Sub Committee (01:23:30) To receive an update from the Standards Sub Committee following their meeting on 9th January 2015. |
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Identification of items for the next meeting |