Issue - meetings

Minute 711 refers – the proposed protocol is also attached.

Council considered and approved the recommendation of the Standards Committee, at its meeting held on 14 March 2012, on a proposed IT protocol for Members.

RESOLVED – that the proposed IT Protocol for Members, as now submitted, be adopted.

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report upon a proposed IT Protocol for Members.

The new protocol was intended to replace an existing Member IT Protocol.

The Monitoring Officer explained that the proposed protocol, appended to his report, concentrated on the important areas of the ownership of IT equipment and insurance and also covered issues relating to passwords, data protection and freedom of information.

The Monitoring Officer confirmed that Member training would be provided on the subjects of data protection and freedom of information.

The Committee welcomed the updated protocol and agreed to recommend its adoption to Council.

RECOMMENDED – that the proposed IT Protocol for Members, appended to the report now submitted by the Monitoring Officer, be adopted.