Venue: To be held at the Town Hall, Pinstone Street, Sheffield, S1 2HH
Contact: Dave Ross, Democratic Services
Note: Start time changed from 2.00 p.m.
Items
No. |
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1. |
Apologies for Absence
Minutes:
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Apologies for absence were received
from Councillors Penny Baker, Colin Ross and Karen Southwood (Parish Town Council Co-optee).
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2. |
Exclusion of Public and Press
To
identify items where resolutions may be moved to exclude the press
and public.
Minutes:
2.1
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There were no items identified where
resolutions may be moved to exclude the press and public.
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3. |
Declarations of Interest PDF 65 KB
Members to declare any
interests they have in the business to be considered at the
meeting.
Minutes:
3.1
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There were no declarations of interest from
Members of the Committee.
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4. |
Appointment of Deputy Chair
To appoint a Deputy Chair of the Committee for
2015/16.
Minutes:
4.1
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Resolved: On the Motion of
Councillor Ben Curran, seconded by Councillor Vickie Priestley,
that Councillor Alan Law is appointed Deputy Chair of the Standards
Committee for the Municipal Year 2015/16.
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5. |
Minutes PDF 66 KB
To approve the minutes of
the meetings of the Committee held on 22 January and 20 May
2015.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
5.1
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The minutes of the meetings of the Committee
held on 22 January 2015 and 20 May 2015 were approved as correct
records.
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6. |
Member Development Update
The Monitoring Officer to report.
Minutes:
6.1
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The Director of Legal and
Governance reported on the creation of a Member Development
Programme. An indicative draft programme was circulated to Members
of the Committee at the meeting.
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6.2
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Members provided comments, as follows:
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Relevant training and guidance should be provided to
Members concerning the use of electronic ...
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7. |
Standards Committee Annual Report PDF 58 KB
Report of the Monitoring Officer.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
7.1
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The Director of Legal and Governance submitted
the Standards Committee Annual Report 2014/15, for consideration by
the Committee prior to the submission of the report to Council in
September 2015. The Annual Report highlighted the activities of the
Committee and summarised the outcome of complaints received between
January 2014 ...
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8. |
Update on Standards Complaints PDF 72 KB
Report of the Monitoring Officer.
Minutes:
8.1
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The Director of Legal and Governance submitted
a report providing information on complaints relating to potential
breaches of the Members’ Code of Conduct, which were
considered under the Procedure for Dealing with Standards
Complaints in 2014/15. 14 complaints were considered under the
Procedure in 2014/15.
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8.2
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A new Procedure ...
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9. |
Establishment of Consideration and Hearing Sub-Committees PDF 78 KB
Report of the Monitoring Officer.
Minutes:
9.1
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The Director of Legal and Governance submitted
a report which sought approval to the establishment of
Consideration and Hearing Sub-Committees, following the adoption by
Full Council of the revised Procedure for Dealing with Complaints
Regarding City, Parish and Town Councillors and Co-opted
Members.
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9.2
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Resolved: That this Committee
( ...
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10. |
Audit of Political Engagement PDF 74 KB
Report of the Monitoring Officer.
Minutes:
10.1
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The Director of Legal and Governance submitted
a report concerning the Hansard Society Audit of Political
Engagement Report 2015, which was the twelfth such audit and which
gauged public opinion about politics and the political system and
provided a ‘health check’ on democracy in Britain.
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10.2
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The Audit recorded ...
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11. |
Work Programme PDF 81 KB
Report of the Monitoring Officer.
Minutes:
11.1
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The Director of Legal and Governance submitted
a report which gave details of the proposed work programme for the
Standards Committee. Members were requested to consider the
programme and to identify any additional items for inclusion.
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11.2
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Gillian Duckworth, the Director of Legal and
Governance, informed Members that, at ... view
the full minutes text for item 11.
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12. |
Dates of Future Meetings
To note that meetings of the Committee will be
held on the following dates at 2.00 p.m.:-
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17 September 2015
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10 December 2015
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17 March 2016
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16 June 2016
Minutes:
12.1
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It was noted that meetings of the Committee
would be held on 17 September and 10 December 2015
and 17 March and 16 June 2016.
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