Issue - meetings
Independent Person - Annual Report to Council
Meeting: 25/01/2018 - Standards Advisory Committee (Item 3)
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Minutes:
The Deputy Monitoring Officer introduced the report which informed the Committee about the annual report to full Council by the Independent Person appointed by the Council under the Localism Act 2011 to undertake duties in connection with complaints of alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct for Members. A copy of the report attached at Appendix A was provided for information. The Committee noted the matters reported.
The Chair advised that a second Independent Person had now been recruited to address the risks around efficient operation of the Council's arrangements for dealing with alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct. The Independent Person (Elizabeth Hall) highlighted that, during one such investigation, she had been unable to carry out her role due to a conflict of interest and therefore the Monitoring Officer had been required to seek the assistance of the Independent Person of another local authority to undertake her duties.
RESOLVED
1. That the annual report of the Independent Person be noted
2. That the recruitment of a second Independent Person be noted.