Decision - Standards Update
Decision maker
Audit, Standards & General Purposes Committee
Report author
Victoria Simpson
Published
26 Jun 2024
Reference
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As published
the council's own words, uneditedRESOLVED – That the Audit, Standards, and General Purposes Committee: 1) Note the contents of this report.
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The report updates the Committee on complaints alleging that Members breached the Council’s Code of Conduct, including outstanding and newly received complaints. It also outlines standards training for Members and proposed work to refine the criteria used at the preliminary assessment stage.
Recommendation
That this Committee note the contents of this report.
Financial impact
No additional financial implications; all activity has been, or will be, met from existing budgets.
Ward affected
city-wide
Decision maker
Audit, Standards & General Purposes Committee
Date in document
25 Jun 2024
Stakeholders named
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elected and co-opted MembersIndependent Personslocal communityMonitoring Officer
Next steps
parsed- Continue progressing complaints in accordance with the Procedure governing member complaints.
- Ask the next meeting of the Committee to review suggested amendments to the preliminary assessment criteria and consider formally approving them.
- Offer Standards training to newly elected Members and Standards Panel training where needed.
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