Committee Administrator – Chris Mathews ( 823280        chris.mathews@iow.gov.uk

 

10 February 2004

 

To:       Independent Members :

 

Mr Claxton, Mrs J Harding, Mr G Hibberd, Mrs J Scott, Mr D Watson, (Two Vacancies)

 

Representative of Town and Parish Councils :

 

Mr D Russell and Mr R Mew (Deputy)

 

Isle of Wight Council Members :

 

Mr M Cunningham, Miss H Humby, Mr V Morey (1st Deputy), Mrs M Jarman (2nd Deputy), and Mr K Pearson for a 3rd Deputy. (All are invited to attend (including Deputies) but if there is a vote only the first two (or their deputies) can vote).

 

NB.     Any other member of the Council may attend the meeting and may speak with the permission of the Chairman provided that notification has been given to the Committee Services section before the commencement of the meeting, such notification to detail which items the member is attending for.

 

Meeting :

Standards Committee

Date :

Wednesday 18 February 2004

Time :

9.30 am

Place :

Committee Room 1, County Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight

 

 

AGENDA

 

1.                  MINUTES

 

To confirm the Minutes of the meeting held on 21 October 2003 (Paper A).

 

2.                  DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

 

To invite Members to declare any interest they might have in the matters on the agenda.

 

3.                  ELECTION OF VICE CHAIRMAN

 

To consider electing a Vice Chairman of the Committee.

 

4.                  ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE

 

To consider the attached draft of the annual report of the Standards Committee (Paper B)

 

5.                  REPORTS OF THE MONITORING OFFICER

 

(a)               Ethical Audit

 

To note that the questionnaires have now been issued and that the questionnaire is available on the Councils Intranet. The results shall be reported back to the next meeting of the Committee.

 

(b)               Section 66 Procedures

 

To consider the revised procedures for this Committee when hearing matters referred to it by an Ethical Standards Officer (Paper C).

 

(c)               Review of Publication of Councillor Attendance Figures

 

To consider a review of the publication of Councillor Attendance Figures in December 2003 (Paper D).

 

(d)               Issue Raised with the Standards Board on Behalf of the Isle of Wight Council

 

To note that on behalf of the Isle of Wight Council the Chairman has raised with the Standards Board an issue with their arrangements for notification of a complaint to the Standards Board against a member. Attached at Paper E(a), E(b) and E(c) are copies of the correspondence.

 

(e)               Independent Members Forum – 11 March 2004

 

To note that the first meeting of the Independent Members Forum will be held on Thursday 11 March 2004 at 10.30 am at Southampton City Council offices.

 

6.                  Work programme for the coming year:

Meeting

Agenda Item

Wednesday 23 June 2004

·        Methodology for review of ethics and probity in Parish/Town Council context.

·        Report on Ethical Audit of the Isle of Wight Council

Tuesday 19 October 2004

·        Report on the Review of ethics and probity in Parish/Town Council context.

·        Work Programme for the year 2005

February 2005

·        To be determined.

Standing items

·        Report on Standards Board activity including guidance; statistics; analysis; case reports.

·        The Committee’s Work Programme

Other meetings as necessary

·        Allegations referred by the Standards Board for England and Wales for local determination.

·        Requests for dispensations.

·        Urgent ethical and probity issues as they arise.

 

 

Informal chat over coffee


 

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