Meeting documents

Standards Committee
Thursday, 28th May, 2009 7.00 pm

Date:
Tuesday, 24th February, 2009
Time:
6.00pm
Place:
Council Chamber, Town Hall, Bury
 

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillors K S Briggs, R C A Brown, F Chaudhry, Y Creswell and D M Higgin

There were no members of the public in attendance at the meeting.
Co-opted:
A Brown (in the Chair) and A Withington.
Apologies for absence:
Councillors V D’Albert, M Wiseman and Mr K Wainwright.
Buttons
Item Description Decision
Open
S.674 AIDAN LOYNS
 The Chair referred to the recent death of Aidan Loyns. Members paid tribute to Aidan’s commitment and input into the work of the Standards Committee.
S.675 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
 Councillor Briggs declared a personal interest in the item “Consideration of Requests for dispensation”, as she is a member of the Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission. Members present asked that personal interests as governors of Secondary Schools be recorded.
S.676 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
 There were no members of the public present to ask questions under this item.
S.677 MINUTES
Preamble for item S.677
Delegated decision:

That the Minutes of the last meeting held on 17 November 2008 be approved and signed a correct record.
S.678 CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR DISPENSATION
Preamble for item S.678
Delegated decision:

1. That the applications for dispensation be dealt with as follows:-

(Each case is recorded in terms of Name,Nature of Interest and Decision):

Councillor Ahmed - Governor at Derby High School - Agreed

Councillor Davison -
1.Chair of Governors of Parrenthorn High School and St John and St Mark Primary School - Agreed;
2.Chair of Management Committee of Pupil Learning Centre - Agreed;
3.Daughter works at Derby High School for the Catering Service of the Authority - Agreed.

Councillor Harris - Governor of Radcliffe Riverside School, Elton High School and St Andrew’s Primary School - Agreed.

Councillor Hurst - Governor of Radcliffe Riverside School - Agreed.

Councillor Walker - Governor of Elton High School - Agreed.

Councillor S Wright - Governor of Prestwich Arts College and daughter attending that School - Agreed.

Reverend Findon- 1.Vice Chair of Governors at Bury Church of England High School - Agreed;
2.Chairman of Governors at the Bury Grammar Schools - Agreed.

Mr D Lindsay - Parent Governor at the Derby High School - Agreed.

Mrs A Cameron - Parent Governor at the Elton High Specialist Arts College - Agreed


2. That the dispensations be granted for the meeting of the Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission to be held on 26 February 2009 only, and on the basis that the public interest could still be served in this matter.

3. That the Members involved be reminded that they remain bound by the Council’s Code of Conduct for Councillors and Voting Co-opted Members.
The meeting started at 6.00 pm and ended at 6.55 pm.

Preamble

Preamble
ItemPreamble
S.677The Chair reported that further to minute S.442, the Standards Referral Sub Committee had referred two complaints for investigation, and would consider two further cases on 26 February 2009.

S.678The Monitoring Officer submitted a report which asked Members to consider granting dispensations to those members (elected and voting co-opted) who served as members of the Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission, and who were currently disqualified from taking part in a meeting of the Commission on 26 February 2009. The meeting would be considering the Secondary Strategy for Change and any Member who served as a governor of a secondary school in the Borough had a Prejudicial Interest.

It was reported that Regulation 3 of the Relevant Authorities Standards (Committee) (Dispensations) Regulations 2002 made provision for dispensations to be granted by the Standards Committee in circumstances where 50% of those members that were entitled or required to participate in Council business would not otherwise be able to do so due to having a prejudicial interest.

Applications for dispensation had to be made individually and details of nine applications were submitted.