Issue - meetings
MINUTES
Meeting: 18/03/2014 - Standards Advisory Committee (Item 2)
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To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Standards (Advisory) Committee held on 14 January 2014.
Minutes:
Mr Grenville Mills proposed the following amendments to the minutes;
· There should be clear distinction between references to ‘members’ of the Standards Advisory Committee and ‘members’ of the council.
· Agenda item 3.3 did not accurately reflect the concerns raised by the Committee with regards to Member timesheets. It was of grave concern that timesheets were not completed by a large number of Councillors. The Committee agreed that the following wording should be added to the minutes; ‘the Committee reaffirmed the importance of timesheets and their timely submission’.
Mr Grenville sought clarification on the meaning of the ‘silver group meetings’. The Service Head, Democratic Services explained that it was in reference to a Police command structure meeting with Council officers and partner agencies. The Service Head confirmed that he had drawn the Committee’s comments regarding possible use of covert investigation for electoral offences to the attention of the Metropolitan Police representatives, whose responsibility it was to investigate such offences.
Matters Arising
Mr Grenville Mills enquired on the status of actions from the previous meeting. He referenced Agenda item 3.1 “Covert investigation under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; and asked when the proposed reports from Head of Legal Services (Community), was likely to come to the Committee. The interim Monitoring Officer undertook to inform the Head of Legal Services about the action points raised and suggested that he emailed the Committee via the Chair, instead of waiting until the next meeting.
The Chair Moved (taking account of the proposed amendment to the minutes from Mr Grenville Mills and the additional recommendation proposed by the Committee), and it was:-
Resolved
1. That, subject to the amendment set out at (a) below, the unrestricted minutes of the ordinary meeting of the Standards (Advisory) Committee, held on 14 January 2014, be agreed as a correct record of the proceedings, and the Chair be authorised to sign them accordingly.
(a) Agenda item 3.3 “Review of Member Timesheets”, add the following wording, ‘the Committee reaffirmed the importance of timesheets and their timely submission’.
2. That a report be emailed to the Committee via the Chair with all relevant information pertaining to the matter arising on the minutes raised by Mr Grenville Mills.
Action by:
Evelyn Akoto, Democratic Services,
Meic Sullivan-Gould (Interim Monitoring Officer)
Meeting: 14/01/2014 - Standards Advisory Committee (Item 2)
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To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Standards (Advisory) Committee held on 24th October 2013.
Minutes:
The Chair moved and it was agreed that the minutes of the Standards Advisory Committee held on 24th October 2013 be approved, without amendment, as a correct record of proceedings and the Chair be authorised to sign them accordingly.
Action by:
Zoe Folley (Committee Officer, Democratic Services, CE’s)