Agenda item

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer to formalise the arrangements for the appointments of Town and Parish Council co-opted representatives to the Standards Committee (for copy of report, see file of minutes).

Resolved: (i) That the Standards Committee agreed the process to take effect upon a vacancy for co-opted Parish Councillor or following a local election as follows:

a)     Invite CDALC to seek expressions of interest from its entire membership to be a co-opted member of the Standards Committee for a term of office of four years.

b)     Where there are greater number of expressions of interest than vacancies CDALC will ballot its membership on the nomination.

c)     CDALC will formally notify the County Council in advance of its annual general meeting of the nomination for the Town and Parish Council representative providing details of the process undertaken.

d)     The Town and Parish Council representatives will be nominated for appointment at the County Council’s annual meeting or in the case of a mid-term vacancy at the next convenient meeting of the County Council.

(ii) That the Monitoring Officer works with CDALC to prepare information on the role of the Standards Committee and co-opted Parish Council Member to share with Town and Parish Council’s prior to expressions of interest being requested.