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Meeting Summary
Standards Committee
10 Aug 2016 - 10:00 to 12:00
Occurred
Council Chamber
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Agenda

Standard Items
1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
To receive any apologies for absence. 


1

There were no apologies for absence.

 

 

2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

You have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter to be discussed if it relates to something on your Register of Interests form. You must declare the interest and leave the room while the matter is dealt with.

You have a Personal Interest in a matter to be discussed if it affects
•    your well being or financial position
•    that of your family or close friends
•    that of a club or society in which you have a management role
•    that of another public body of which you are a member to a greater extent than others in your ward.
You must declare a personal interest but can speak and vote on the matter.

Whenever you declare an interest you must say why the interest arises, so that it can be included in the minutes. 

2

There were no declaration of interest declared at the meeting.

 

 

3 pdf MINUTES (64Kb)

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 10 June 2016.

 

 

3

The minutes of the meeting held on 10 June 2016 were confirmed.

 

 

4 EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC
In the event of the Committee wishing to exclude the public from the meeting, the following resolution will be moved:-

"That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12(A) of the said Act."

4

 

5 CONFIDENTIAL MINUTES
6 APPLICATION FROM A PARISH COUNCILLOR TO BE APPOINTED TO THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE.
7 APPLICATION FROM A PARISH COUNCILLOR TO BE APPOINTED TO THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE
8 APPLICATION FOR A PARISH COUNCILLOR TO BE APPOINTED TO THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE
9 APPLICATION FROM A PARISH COUNCILLOR TO BE APPOINTED TO THE STANDARDS COMMITEE
10 APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT PERSON

The Committee to decide whether to reappoint the current Independent Person for another term or to interview for the post.

 

 

10

The Monitoring Officer reported that the term of office for Mr Oram, the Independant Person to the Standards Committee would expire in November 2016. The Monitoring Officer reported that Mr Oram had always given sound advice to the Committee as he had a wealth of experience as he ran his own consultancy business offering advice to a number of Local Authority Standards Committees.

 

The Monitoring Officer reported that a number of Local Authorities in Norfolk had worked in partnership and placed an advertisement in the press for the position of Independent Person to work across a number of Council's.

 

The Monitoring Officer reported that four people had responded to the advertisement and Mr Oram, was one of the respondents. Great Yarmouth Borough Council was now legally able to appoint an Independent Person as the position has been advertised.

 

The Monitoring Officer asked whether the Committee wished to undertake an interview process or re-appoint Mr Oram.

 

A Member felt that an interview process should be undertaken to ensure that the Council adhered to its transparency policy. However, the majority of Members felt that Mr Oram had always offered sound advice to the Committee and he should therefore be reappointed in November.

 

RESOLVED:-

 

That the Committee recommend that Mr Oram be re-appointed as Independent Person to the Standards Committee for another term of office with effect from November 2016.

 

 

11 ANY OTHER BUSINESS
To consider any other business as may be determined by the Chairman of the meeting as being of sufficient urgency to warrant consideration.

11

The Chairman reported that there was no other business as being of sufficient urgency to warrant consideration.

 

 

Attendance

Attended - Committee Members
Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending ApologySubstituted By
No apology information has been recorded for the meeting.
Absent
NameReason for AbsenceSubstituted By
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

 

PRESENT:

 

Councillor M Coleman (in the Chair); Councillors Andrews, Davies, A Grey and Lawn.


Mr C Skinner (Monitoring Officer), Mr R Hodds (Deputy Monitoring Officer) and Mrs C Webb (Member Services Officer)


 

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