Standards Committee Agenda 24th April 2012
Meeting to be held at 12.30 pm in the Town Hall
Order of Business
1. Welcome and Housekeeping Arrangements
2. Apologies for Absence
3. Exclusion of Public and Press
To identify items where resolutions may be moved to exclude the press and public
(Note: The appendices to the report at item 5 are not available to the public and press because they contain exempt information as described in Paragraph 7C of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended))
4. Declarations of Interest
Members to declare any interests they have in the business to be considered at the meeting
5. Consideration of Investigation Report
Report of the Monitoring Officer
(Note: The appendices to the above report are not available to the public and press because they contain exempt information)
6. Localism Act 2011 – Changes to Standards Regime for Local Authorities
Report of the Director of Legal Services
7. Minutes
To approve the minutes of the meetings of the Committee held on:
(a) 20 December 2012
(b) 19 January 2012
Access To The Meeting
Members of the public who wish to attend the meeting should report to the First Point Reception desk at the Town Hall, Pinstone Street entrance, where you will be directed to the meeting room.
Occasionally some reports are not available to the public because they contain confidential information. These items are marked with an * on the agenda. When these items are considered you will be asked to leave the meeting.
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Downloads
To consider the reports arising from the investigation of two complaints relating to an Elected Member (Case references: Sheffield SC.04.11 and SC.05.11) (202 KB)
The report provides a summary of the changes to the Standards regime arising from the Localism Act 2011 and includes drafts of the Code of Conduct and a procedure and protocol for dealing with Standards complaints (137 KB)
Minutes of the Standards Committee meeting held on 20th December 2012 (110 KB)
Minutes of the Standards Committee meeting held on 19th January 2012 (81 KB)