Venue: Remote Meeting
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Apologies for absence To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: All Members were present and no apologies were noted. |
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Declarations of interest All Members who believe they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting must declare that interest and, having regard to Part 3 Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council's Members’ Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code. Furthermore all Members with a Personal Interest in a matter being considered at the meeting should consider, having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 4 of the Code, whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 5 of the Code, consider whether it is appropriate to leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code. Minutes: Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter considered at the meeting they must declare that interest at the time of the relevant debate and, having regard to the circumstances described in Part 3, Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council's Members' Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code. Furthermore Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Personal interest in a matter being considered at the meeting they considered whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 5 of the Code, considered whether it was appropriate to leave the meeting whilst the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code. |
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Election of Chairman To elect a Chairman for the meeting Minutes: Councillor Kemp-Gee was appointed Chairman for the meeting. |
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To receive the Minutes of the Conduct Advisory Panel – Assessment Panel, 9 January 2020 Minutes: The minutes of the Conduct Advisory Panel – Assessment Panel from 9 January 2020 were accepted as a correct record. |
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Exclusion of the Press and Public RECOMMENDATION:
That the press and public be excluded from the meeting as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, being information relating to any individual which should not be disclosed for the reasons set out in the report. Minutes: RESOLVED:
That the press and public be excluded from the meeting as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, being information relating to any individual which should not be disclosed for the reasons set out in the report. |
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Minutes (Exempt) To receive the exempt Minutes of the Conduct Advisory Panel – Assessment Panel, 9 January 2020 Minutes: The exempt minutes of the Conduct Advisory Panel – Assessment Panel from 9 January 2020 were accepted as a correct record. |
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Complaint: Members' Code of Conduct: Investigation Consideration (Exempt) To receive an exempt report of the Monitoring Officer Minutes: The Hearing Consideration Sub-Committee considered an exempt report of the Monitoring Officer regarding a potential breach of the Code of Conduct.
Taking into account the evidence in the investigator’s report, and the views of the Independent Person, and noting the options available, it was
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That there had been no failure to comply with the Code in respect of three allegations and that no further action should be taken on these.
That, if proven, a fourth allegation could amount to a breach of the Code which should be considered by the Conduct Advisory Panel at a Hearing.
[summary of an exempt minute] |
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Appendix A - Report and Appendices from the Conduct Advisory Panel - Assessment Panel 9 January 2020 |
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Appendix B - Investigator's Report |
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Appendix C - Comments |