Decision details
Draft Model Members Code of Conduct proposals recommended by the Local Government Association
Decision Maker: Standards Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
RESOLVED
i. That the report of the Local Government Association (LGA) in respect of recommendations contained at appendix 1 to the report with regard to its proposed member model code of conduct, be noted;
ii. That it be agreed that a review of the existing Member of Code of Conduct as detailed in appendix 2 to the report to be carried out with a view to considering modifying the existing code where required ;
iii. That a Member/officer task and finish group be established to convene on an ad-hoc basis through to the autumn/winter of 2020 to assess and draw comparisons between the Council’s current adopted code and the proposed LGA model code of conduct and report these findings to either a special meeting of the Standards Committee in the late autumn of 2020, or at its scheduled Standards Committee in February 2021 together with recommendations for revisions to the existing Code of Conduct, and approval of revisions and recommendation to Full Council for adoption thereto; and
iv. the proposed membership of the task and finish group as agreed in iii. above be comprised of two Councillor or more of Standards Committee, two or more co-opted members of Standards Committee, the Director of Legal & Governance, a senior lawyer, and the Clerk to Standards Committee in a governance support capacity, and that the invitation to join the task and finish group be extended to all backbench members of the Council.
Report author: Dawn Carter-Mcdonald
Publication date: 16/07/2020
Date of decision: 14/07/2020
Decided at meeting: 14/07/2020 - Standards Committee
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