Meeting documents

Standards Committee
Thursday, 20th August, 2009 7.00 pm

Date:
Thursday, 20th August, 2009
Time:
7.00pm
Place:
Lancashire Fusilier's Room, Town Hall, Bury
 

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillors K S Briggs, R C A Brown, S Costello,
Y Creswell, V D’Albert, D M Higgin and B Theckston.

There were no members of the public in attendance at the meeting.

Co-opted:
A Brown, D Gremson, K Wainwright and A Withington (in the Chair)
Apologies for absence:
None
Buttons
Item Description Decision
Open
S.193 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
 There were no Declarations of Interest made at the meeting.
S.194 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
 There were no members of the public present to ask questions under this item.
S.195 MINUTES
 Delegated decision:

That the Minutes of the last meeting held on 28 May 2009 be approved and signed as a correct record.
S.196 STANDARDS HEARING PANEL
 Delegated decision:

1. That the minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee (Hearing Panel) held on 13 August 2009 be noted.

2. That the training to be given to the Member concerned be offered to all Members of the Council.
S.197 OMBUDSMAN COMPLAINTS
Preamble for item S.197
Delegated decision:

That the report be noted.
S.198 CORPORATE COMPLAINTS AND COMPLIMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009
Preamble for item S.198
Delegated decisions:

1. That the report be noted.

2. That outstanding information under Paragraph 6.1 of the report be forwarded to Members when it becomes available.
S.199 STANDARDS ISSUES
 There were no matters raised under this item.
The meeting started at 7.00 pm and ended at 7.35 pm.

Preamble

Preamble
ItemPreamble
S.197A report of the Monitoring Officer was submitted which summarised information on complaints against the Council received by the Ombudsman for 2007/2008 and 2008/2009.
S.198A report which provided information on the number of complaints and compliments received during the financial year 2008/2009 was submitted for information.

Councillor Creswell asked Members to ensure that any complaints/compliments referred directly to them should also be directed through the 5353 Customer Care Line to ensure that they were logged and monitored.