Meeting documents

Standards Committee
Monday, 16th November, 2009 7.00 pm

Date:
Monday, 16th November, 2009
Time:
7.00pm
Place:
Irwell Room, Town Hall, Bury
 

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillors R C A Brown, S Costello, Y Creswell and D M Higgin.

D Gremson, K Wainwright and A Withington (in the Chair)

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



Apologies for absence:
Councillors K S Briggs, V D D’Albert and B Theckston
Mrs A Brown (Independent Member)
Buttons
Item Description Decision
Open
S.434 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
There were no Declarations of Interest made at the meeting.
S.435 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
There were no members of the public present to ask questions under this item.
S.436 MINUTES
Delegated decision:

That the Minutes of the last meeting held on 20 August 2009 be approved and signed a correct record.
S.437 STANDARDS HEARING PANEL
Delegated decision:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee (Hearing Panel) held on 15 September 2009 be noted.
S.438 ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF STANDARDS COMMITTEES
Delegated decision:

That the report be noted.
S.439 ASSESSMENT MADE CLEAR
Delegated decision:

1. That the DVD be shown to other Members of the Council as part of their training provision.

2. That the “Standards Referral Sub-Committee” be now known as the “Standards Assessment Sub-Committee.”
S.440 STANDARDS ISSUES
There were no matter raised under this item.
The meeting started at 7.00 pm and ended at 8.10 pm.

Preamble

Preamble
ItemPreamble
S.438The Chairman presented a report which set out the main issues arising from the 2009 Annual Assembly of Standards Committees which was held on 12 and 13 October 2009 in Birmingham. This year’s theme was “Bringing Standards into Focus.”
S.439A DVD produced by Standards for England was shown. The DVD was part of Standards for England’s continued support designed to help Standards Committee Members assess complaints about Elected or Co-Opted Members.