1. Apologies
To receive apologies for absence.
2. Chairman's Announcements
3. Declarations of Interest
4. Minutes
To confirm the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 16 September 2009 [94kb]
5. Initial Assessments of Standards Complaints - Assessment and Review of Criteria and Monitoring Officer Protocol [51kb]- Appendix B5 [678kb], Appendix C5 [54kb] and Appendix D5 [30kb]
6. Creation of a Consideration and Hearings Sub-Committee [51kb] - Appendix B6 [27kb], Appendix C6 [25kb], Appendix D6 [32kb] and Appendix E6 [37kb]
7. Exclusion of the Press and Public
To move that under Section 100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the discussion of items 7, 8 and 9 on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 7C of Part I of Schedule 12A of the said Act (see subsequent pages for definitions of exempt information categories).
It is for the Committee to determine whether or not these items should be considered in public and the report made available for public information. Until a decision is taken, please regard the report as confidential.
8. Complaint in respect of Town Councillors: Reference BSTC/01/2009
9. Urgent Business
To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chairman of the meeting, is of sufficient urgency to warrant consideration and is not likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information.