Agenda and minutes
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Minutes Minutes of meeting held on 19th January 2012 (previously circulated). Minutes: The minutes of the previous meeting, held on Thursday 19th January 2012, were approved as a correct record. |
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Items of Urgent Business authorised by the Chairman Minutes: There were no items of urgent business. |
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Localism Act 2011 - Member Code of Conduct Report of the Monitoring Officer Additional documents:
Minutes: The Chairman introduced a report which sought the Committee’s views on the form of the new code of conduct which should be recommended to Council.
It was noted that new model codes had recently been circulated by the Local Government Association (LGA) and Department of Communities and Local Government, although the regulations on interests were yet to be published. That being the case, it was not currently possible to finalise the Committee’s recommendations on the new code.
In the course of discussion members considered that, whilst both model codes were of merit, it would be preferable to maintain the Council’s current Code of Conduct, with the minimal number of changes necessary to comply with the Localism Act 2011 and forthcoming regulations on interests.
Furthermore, there was general agreement that Council be recommended, in due course, to maintain an independent code of conduct, which could be altered at a future date to reflect local circumstances, rather than agreeing with any other local authorities to have a common code.
Resolved:
That, whilst it was not currently possible to finalise the Committee’s view on the future code of conduct, the Committee was minded to recommend maintaining the Council’s current Code of Conduct, with the minimal number of changes necessary to comply with the Localism Act 2011 and forthcoming regulations on interests, and with the inclusion of the following text, taken from the LGA’s Template Code of Conduct:
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