Agenda item

The Committee considered a report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer which informed the Committee of the proposed revisions to the Local Assessment Procedure and the Local Determination Procedure (for copy see file of Minutes).

The Head of Legal and Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer suggested that before the revised procedure was submitted to Council for adoption that Constitution Working Group be briefed on the procedure.

It was agreed that the recommendation be amended so that the Head of Legal and Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer be given delegated authority in consultation with the Chair of the Standards Committee to make any minor amendments that may arise from the Constitution Working Group. If there were substantive or significant changes to the procedure, then it would be brought back to Standards Committee before it was presented to Council for adoption.

Resolved: (i) That Constitution Working Group be briefed on the procedure for Member Code of Conduct Complaints prior to submission to Council for adoption.

(ii) That the Head of Legal and Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer be given delegated authority in consultation with the Chair of the Standards Committee to make any minor amendments that may arise from the Constitution Working Group.

(iii) Recommend to Council that it adopts the procedure for Member Code of Conduct Complaints that will replace the existing Local Assessment and Local Determination procedures.