Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chairman

To appoint a Chairman for this meeting.

Minutes:

RESOLVED – that Councillor M Wood be appointed Chairman for this meeting of the Standards Sub-Committee.

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

Councillor M Carver advised that he would withdraw from the meeting prior to consideration of the item detailed in Minute xx below and explained the reasons therefor.  Councillor Rutland Barbsy would replace him on the Sub-Committee to consider this item.

3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 37 KB

To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 23 January 2013.

Minutes:

RESOLVED – that the Minutes of the meeting of the Standards Sub-Committee held on 23 January 2013 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

4.

Complaint in respect of District Councillor M Newman pdf icon PDF 28 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report on a complaint alleging that District Councillor M Newman had breached East Herts Council’s Councillors Code of Conduct.

 

The complaint was the subject of an investigation by an independent Investigating Officer appointed by the Monitoring Officer.

 

The Sub-Committee considered the report of the Investigating Officer’s findings on the complaint in accordance with its approved procedure.

 

The Standards Sub-Committee, in consultation with the Independent Person, determined that, in relation to all the circumstances of the case, there was no evidence of any failure by Councillor Newman to comply with the Code of Conduct and therefore there was no case to answer.

 

           RESOLVED – that in relation to all the circumstances of the case, there was no evidence of any failure by Councillor Newman to comply with the Code of Conduct and therefore there was no case to answer.

 

5.

Complaint in respect of District Councillor B Wrangles pdf icon PDF 28 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report on a complaint alleging that District Councillor B Wrangles had breached the Council’s Councillors Code of Conduct.

 

The Head of Democratic and Legal Support Services highlighted the Council’s assessment criteria for such complaints.  He invited the Sub-Committee to use the criteria to reach one of the following decisions on the complaint:

 

(A)      to refer it to the Council’s Monitoring Officer for investigation, or

 

(B)      to take no action.

 

Based on the information provided by the complainant, the Sub-Committee agreed to take no action.

 

           RESOLVED – that no action be taken on the complaint now submitted alleging that Councillor Wrangles had breached the Authority’s Code of Conduct.

 

6.

Complaint in respect of Hunsdon Parish Councillor D Gibbs pdf icon PDF 28 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report on a complaint alleging that Hunsdon Parish Councillor D Gibbs had breached that Authority’s Councillors Code of Conduct.

 

The Head of Democratic and Legal Support Services highlighted the Council’s assessment criteria for such complaints.  He invited the Sub-Committee to use the criteria to reach one of the following decisions on the complaint:

 

(A)      to refer it to the Council’s Monitoring Officer for investigation, or

 

(B)      to take no action.

 

The Sub-Committee agreed to refer the complaint to the Monitoring Officer for investigation.

 

           RESOLVED – that the complaint now submitted alleging that Hunsdon Parish Councillor D Gibbs had breached that Authority’s Code of Conduct be referred to the Monitoring Officer for investigation.