Meeting documents
Standards Committee
Tuesday, 25th September 2007
Venue : Committee Room 2 - Wallasey Town Hall
Index to Agendas
Item 1 - DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Summary:
The members of the Committee are invited to consider whether they have a personal or prejudicial interest in connection with any of the items on this agenda and, if so, to declare it and state the nature of such interest.
Item 2 - MINUTES
Summary:
To receive the minutes of the previous meeting, held on 2 July 2007, which were submitted to and accepted by the Council on 16 July.
Item 3 - MATTERS ARISING
Summary:
To consider any matters arising from the minutes that are not dealt with elsewhere on the agenda.
Item 4 - CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MEMBERS - "THE CODE UNCOVERED"
Summary:
The Standards Board for England has provided a copy of the training DVD "The Code Uncovered". It illustrates the key changes in the revised Model Code of Conduct, which the Council has adopted as its own Code. The Board recommends that in the first instance it be viewed by Standards Committees (the duration is 32 minutes).
Item 5 - INDEPENDENT MEMBERS - APPOINTMENT
Summary:
Applications are currently being sought for two impending vacancies among the independent members. The Committee is requested to agree arrangements for interviewing applicants, as soon as possible after the closing date of 12 October. It is recommended that interviews be held in time for submitting the names of recommended applicants to the Council meeting on 29 October.
Note: the arrangement last year was that the interviews were conducted by the three party spokespersons, advised by the Monitoring Officer.
Item 6 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT OMBUDSMAN - ANNUAL LETTER 2006/07
Summary:
The Annual Letter from the Local Government Ombudsman sets out statistics of the complaints made against the authority and how they were dealt with.
The Acting Monitoring Officer will report further at the meeting.
Recommendation:
The Committee's views on the Annual Letter are requested.
Attachments: (click on an attachment to view it)
Item 7 - ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Summary:
To consider any other business that the Chair accepts as being urgent.
Agenda Published: 14 September 2007