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

 

13 October 2003

 

To:       Independent Members :

 

Mr Claxton, Mrs J Harding, Mr G Hibberd, Mrs J Scott, Mr I Ward, Mr D Watson, (One Vacancy)

 

Representative of Town and Parish Councils :

 

Mr D Russell and Mr R Mew (Deputy)

 

Isle of Wight Council Members :

 

Mr A Coburn, Mr M Cunningham, Miss H Humby (1st Deputy) and Mr V Morey (2nd Deputy) One Vacancy 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 :

Tuesday 21 October 2003

Time :

9.30 am

Place :

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

 

 

AGENDA

 

1.                  MEMBERSHIP

 

To note that since the last meeting Mr Claxton and Mrs Harding have been re-appointed to the Committee until May 2005. Prof. Farnham decided to retire from the Committee. There is still a vacancy for an Independent Member and this will be advertised shortly.

 

2.                  ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN

 

To elect a Chairman of the Committee.

 

3.                  MINUTES

 

To confirm the Minutes of the meeting held on 17 June 2003 (Paper A).

 

4.                  ELECTION OF VICE CHAIRMAN

 

To consider appointing a Vice Chairman of the Committee.

 

5.                  DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

 

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

 

6.                  REPORTS OF THE MONITORING OFFICER

 

(a)               Summary of complaints submitted to the Standards Board for England (Paper B)

 

(b)               Progress on Ethical Audit with Particular Reference to the Parish/Town context (Paper C)

 

(c)               Determination by the Standards Committee and Payment of Allowances during any period of suspension (Paper D)

 

(d)               Standards Board Bulletins 11 and 12 (Papers E1 and E2) – for noting.

 

7.                  Work programme for the coming year:

 

Meeting

Agenda Item

18 February 2004 ay 9.30 am

·         Update on the Ethical Audit of the Isle of Wight Council

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

23 June 2004 at 9.30 am

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

·         Report on Ethical Audit of the Isle of Wight Council

19 October 2004 at 9.30 am

·         Work programme for calendar year 2004.

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.

 

 


 

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