Decision details

Motion of Censure

Decision Maker: Council

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report advising that the Standards Sub-Committee, at its hearing meeting held on 28 January 2016, had considered a report by the Investigating Officer which had concluded that Councillor J Cartwright had breached the Authority’s Code of Conduct in relation to the matters identified.  The Standards Sub-Committee had decided that the Member had failed to comply with the Code and decided that formal censure by motion was appropriate.

 

Councillor C Woodward moved, and Councillor B Deering seconded, the motion of censure.

 

Council approved the censure motion as now detailed.

 

RESOLVED - that Councillor James Cartwright be censured for his conduct in respect of the matter detailed by the Investigating Officer in his report to the Standards Sub-Committee meeting of 28 January 2016.

Report author: Jeff Hughes

Publication date: 22/02/2016

Date of decision: 17/02/2016

Decided at meeting: 17/02/2016 - Council

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