Agenda and draft minutes

1.1

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Ben Curran, Bryan Lodge and Pat Midgley and Councillors Michael Appleby, Nigel Owen and Karen Southwood (Parish/Town Council Co-optees).

2.1

There were no items identified where resolutions may be moved to exclude the press and public.

3.1

There were no declarations of interest from Members of the Committee.

4.1

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 24 June 2015 were approved as a correct record.

 5.1

Andrew Fellows, Customer Services Manager, introduced a report of the Interim Director of Customer Services that (a) provided an overview of the complaints received and formally referred and determined by the three Ombudsmen (Local Government Ombudsman, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and Housing Ombudsman) relating to services provided by  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

6.1

The Director of Legal and Governance introduced a report informing members that one formal complaint that had been received under the Procedure for Dealing with Complaints Regarding City, Parish and Town Councillors and Co-opted Members that was adopted by Full Council in March 2015.

6.2

Resolved: That the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

7.1

The Director of Legal and Governance submitted a report giving details of the proposed work programme for the Standards Committee and members were asked to consider the programme and identify any additional items for inclusion.

7.2

Resolved: That the Committee approves the Work Programme for December 2015 to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

8.1

It was noted that meetings of the Committee would be held on 10 December 2015  and 17 March and 16 June 2016 at 2.00 p.m.