Agenda item

6.1

The Monitoring Officer/Director of Legal and Governance submitted a report in relation to proposed revisions to the Council’s procedure for dealing with Standards Complaints. The procedure for dealing with standards complaints was approved by Full Council on 25 March 2016 following a recommendation from the former Standards Committee.

6.2

A revised procedure was approved by the Audit and Standards Committee in January 2017 in the light of the experience of dealing with complaints over the previous 14 months. However, a number of further revisions were now proposed arising from a review of the complaints considered this year.

6.3

Members requested that the revised procedure be circulated to Members of the Committee from the main opposition party prior to its submission to the Full Council meeting to be held on 6 December 2017.

6.4

RESOLVED: That:-

(a) the Committee recommends that Full Council adopt the revised procedure at its meeting to be held on 6 December 2017 and that the Constitution be amended accordingly; and

(b) the revised procedure be referred to the Parish and Town Councils for consideration and adoption.