NOTICE OF MEETING
COMMITTEE:
STANDARDS
DAY/DATE:
TUESDAY, 3RD OCTOBER 2006
TIME: 2.30PM
VENUE:
EAST COMMITTEE ROOM
MUNICIPAL
BUILDINGS
EARLE
STREET
CREWE
Despatch date:
25th September 2006
Enquiries to:
Diane Moulson
Tel: 01270 537026
Fax: 01270 537605
Email: agendas@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
Chair: Mr N Briers
2
Yew Tree Close
Bulkeley
Nr
Malpas
To: Members of the Standards
Committee
Chief
Executive, Executive Directors
Assistant
Chief Executives
Other
Members of the Borough Council (front sheets only)
Local
Press and Radio
Notes for
Members of the Public
The Standards Committee consists of 5
elected Members, 2 Independent Members and 1 Parish Council
Representative. Mr Nigel Briers is the Chair. Of the
elected Members there are 2 Labour, 2 Conservative and 1 Liberal
Democrat Members.
The Borough Council welcomes and
encourages members of the public to attend its Committee, Board and
Council meetings.
If you plan to attend, please report
to the Reception Desk in the Municipal Buildings, where you will be
provided with a Visitor’s Pass.
Car parking is not available at the
Municipal Buildings, but there are several town centre car
parks. There is a disabled access to the rear of the
Municipal Buildings, and this can be accessed through the side door
on Vernon Way. Please press the button for attention, and
someone will meet you and escort you through to the main reception
area.
You are asked to remain quiet whilst
the meeting is taking place, and to enter and leave the meeting
room, or public gallery of the Council Chamber, as quietly as
possible. Please ensure that if you have a mobile phone or
pager, it is switched off for the duration of the meeting.
You are not allowed to have drinks or
food in the meeting rooms, nor in the Public Gallery. A “No
Smoking” policy operates in the Municipal Buildings.
Fire Evacuation
If the fire alarm rings, you should
make your way to the nearest exit with your belongings, as quickly
as possible, and leave the building. Please follow any
instructions from staff about evacuation routes.
Copies of the agenda will be available
if you attend. Agendas are also made available on the Internet and
can be accessed via the Council’s website – see front page for
details.
On occasions, members of the press and
public will be excluded from the meetings when the business to be
transacted is of a confidential nature, for example, dealing with
individual people, contracts and financial affairs of other
parties.
If you require any further information, please
contact Diane Moulson the Committee Officer (details on front
page).
AGENDA
1.
Apologies
2.
Declarations of Interest
Any Member present (including non-Committee
Members) to declare any personal or prejudicial interests and the
nature of that interest, in any item of business on the agenda and,
if necessary, to leave the meeting prior to discussion of that
item.
Members who also serve as County, Town or
Parish Councillors are reminded of the need to make declarations in
respect of any item which directly concerns the business of the
appropriate authority.
Declarations are a personal mater for each
Member to decide. Whilst officers will advise on the Code of
Conduct and its interpretation, the decision to declare, or not, is
the responsibility of the Member, based on the particular
circumstances.
3.
Record of Meeting
To approve as correct the record of the
meeting held on 11th July 2006 (3).
4.
Retirement of Council’s Monitoring Officer
Following the retirement of Mr Alan
Warburton from the Borough Council on 29th September
2006, Mr Chris Henshall will become Acting Monitoring
Officer. Mr Henshall was previously Deputy Monitoring Officer
to Mr Warburton.
5.
Compliments,
Comments and Complaints Scheme
To consider communications received by the
Council since the last meeting of the Committee relating to the
Compliments, Comments and Complaints Scheme
(5). A short presentation will be made to
Members.
6.
Exclusion of Press and Public
The following item on the agenda has been
withheld from public circulation and deposit pursuant to Section
100(B)(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the
matter should be determined with the press and public
excluded.
The Committee is invited to
RESOLVE that the press and public be excluded from
the meeting during consideration of the following matter pursuant
to Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the
grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt
information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as
amended) of the Act.
(NOTE: Paragraph 1 - information relating
to an individual.)
7. Applications
for Position of Independent non-Council Member to the Standards
Committee
Applications have been invited from members
of the public to sit as an Independent non-Council member on the
Standards Committee.
7 applications have been received for
consideration. A summary of each of the applications is
attached, together with letters of application.
The Committee is invited to identify and
agree a short-list of candidates for interview.
8.
Re-admittance of Press and Public
The Committee is invited to re-admit the
press and public.
9.
Date of Next Meeting/Development Session
9.1
Interviews for the post of Independent non-Council member to the
Standards Committee.
The Committee is invited to agree a date to
interview the short-listed candidates for the position of
Independent non-Council Member to the Standards
Committee.
As the recommendation of the Committee will
be submitted to Council for determination at its meeting on
1st November, the interviews need to be scheduled on a
date between 12th October and 20th October
2006.
9.2.
Date of Development
Session
At its meeting on 11th July 2006,
the Committee agreed to hold a development session on Thursday
2nd November 2006 to review the procedures to be
implemented in the event of a hearing being
called.
Given that the appointment of the third
Independent non-Council member to the Standards Committee will not
be considered and resolved until Wednesday 1st November
and in light of the changes to officer support, the Committee is
invited to reaffirm or reschedule the date of the development
session.
9.3
Date of Next Scheduled Meeting
14th November 2006
NOTE:
In accordance with the Health
and Safety at Work Act the Council is required to notify those
attending meetings of the fire evacuation procedures. A copy
has previously been circulated to Members and instructions are
located in all rooms within the Civic
Suite.
This agenda can
be made available in larger text on request.