Meeting documents

Standards Committee
Thursday, 26th May, 2011 7.00 pm

Date:
Thursday, 26th May, 2011
Time:
7.00 pm
Place:
Irwell Room, Town Hall, Bury
 

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillors A Audin, K Audin, R C A Brown, M D’Albert, A Quinn and J F Walton

Independent Members:A Brown (in the Chair), D Gremson and Mr K Wainwright.

There were no members of the public in attendance at the meeting.
Apologies for absence:
Mr A Withington
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Item Description Decision
Open
S.25 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME
Mrs Anne Brown welcomed Members to the first meeting of the Committee for the 2011/2012 Municipal Year.

Members were informed that Mr Arthur Withington was not in attendance due to illness and the members of the Committee passed on their best wishes for a speedy recovery.
S.26 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
There were no Declarations of Interest made at the meeting.

(Independent Members were reminded to fill in and return their General Interest Forms).
S.27 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
There were no members of the public present to ask questions under this item.
S.28 MINUTES
Delegated decision:

That the Minutes of the last meeting held on 27 May 2010 be approved and signed a correct record.
S.29 ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL
Delegated decision:

That the report be noted.
S.30 STANDARDS ISSUES
Delegated decision:

1. That the comments of Members be noted.

2. That the DVD entitled “Assessment Made Clear” be circulated to members.
S.31 URGENT BUSINESS
Delegated decision:

That approval be given to Mr Gremson being appointed as the Standards Committee representative on the Audit Committee for the Municipal Year 2011/2012.
The meeting started at 6.00 pm and ended at 9.45 pm.

Preamble

Preamble
ItemPreamble
S.29The Monitoring Officer presented the Annual Report for 2010/2011 from the previous Chair (Mr K Wainwright), which had been submitted to the meeting of the Council in May.

Reference was made to the decision of the Government to abolish the Standards Board Regime and the removal of First Tier Tribunal’s jurisdiction over Member Conduct, removal of the National Code of Conduct for Councillors and the requirement to have a Standards Committee.
S.30Members were asked to consider issues they would like to consider at a future meeting of the Committee.

The following comments and suggestions were made:-

•Consider standards arrangements in preparation for the introduction of the Localism Bill.
•Forward any ideas/comments to the Monitoring Officer.
•Consider arrangements at the next meeting of the Standards Committee when more guidance may be available on the contents of the Localism Bill.
S.31The Chair agreed to an item of urgent business that was not included on the agenda for the reason that a decision was needed in advance of the first
meeting of the Audit Committee.

Mr Gremson requested that he be reappointed as the Committee’s representative on the Audit Committee for the Municipal Year 2011/2012.