Committee Details
Standards Committee
Purpose of committee
This Committee was replaced by the Audit and Standards Committee from 1 September 2016.
The Standards Committee was responsible for:-
· Promoting high standards of conduct by Councillors and co-opted members
· overseeing the Members’ Code of Conduct and considering complaints that a Member may have breached the Code
· Advising the Council on the adoption and revision of its Whistleblowing Policy and monitoring the operation of that Policy
· Monitoring and reviewing procedures relating to gifts, hospitality and personal interests, for Councillors and officers
· Monitoring the Council’s response to complaints to the Ombudsman
Membership
- Councillor Bryan Lodge (Chair)
- Councillor Penny Baker
- Councillor Mary Lea
- Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed
- Councillor Peter Price (Substitute Member)
- Vacancy (Substitute Member)
- Vacancy (Substitute Member)
- John Atkinson (Independent Co-opted Member)
- Alan Casbolt (Independent Co-opted Member)
- Edward Fleming (Independent Co-opted Member)
- Councillor Michael Appleby (Parish/Town Councils Co-opted Member - Ecclesfield)
- Councillor Nigel Owen (Parish/Town Councils Co-opted Member - Stocksbridge)
- Councillor Karen Southwood (Parish/Town Councils Co-opted Member - Bradfield)
Contact information
Support officer: Dave Ross, Democratic Services.
Phone: 0114 273 5033
Email: dave.ross@sheffield.gov.uk