Standards Agenda - 19 October 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, Mr V Morey, Mrs M Jarman (1^st Deputy), Mr K Pearson (2^nd Deputy), and Vacancy (3^rd 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 :	Tuesday 19 October 2004
Time :	9.30 am
Place :	Committee Room 2, County Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight

AGENDA

1. MINUTES

To confirm the Minutes of the meeting held on 23 June 2004 (Paper A).

2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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

3. REPORTS OF THE MONITORING OFFICER

(a) Ethical Audit

To note the interviews as agreed at the last meeting have now been held and that an analysis of these will be considered at the next meeting.

(b) Review of Publication of Member Attendance Figures

To receive the report of the Monitoring Officer on the feedback from the suggested revised definition at the last meeting (Paper B).

To consider a report of the Monitoring Officer on the review of the Code of Practice for Councillors and Officers Dealing with Development Control Matters (Paper C).

(d) Matters from the Standards Board

To receive an oral update on a number of complaints to the Standards Board.

4. MATTERS BEING REPORTED BACK

(a) Standards Board Conference – 13 to 14 September 2004

To consider the attached report from the Chairman on the Standards Board Conference (Paper D)

(b) Independent Members Forum – 4 October 2004

Oral report back on this Forum.

5. Work programme for the coming year:

Meeting	Agenda Item
November 2004 (Date to be fixed – additional meeting)	· Conclusion of Ethical Audit interviews · Methodology for Review of Ethics and Probity in Parish/Town Council Context · Work Programme for the year 2005
February 2005	· Report on the Review of ethics and probity in Parish/Town Council context. · Review of Terms of Reference · Annual Report
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.

Meeting

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