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

 

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 (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 23 June 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 18 February 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 analysis of the questionnaires and to consider what action to take (Paper B).

 

(b)               Review of Publication of Councillor Attendance Figures

 

To receive the latest Attendance Figures (as published this month) and the process for the review of the current arrangements (Paper C).

 

(c)               Statement of Internal Control

 

To consider a report about the new requirement for the Local Authority to adopt a Statement of Internal Control (Paper D)

 

(d)               Member/Officer Protocol

 

To consider and debate a report on a revised draft Member/Officer Protocol (Paper E)

 

(e)               Matters from the Standards Board

 

To consider a report on a matter arising from a number of complaints to the Standards Board (Paper F)

 

4.                  Work programme for the coming year (see over):

 

 

Meeting

Agenda Item

Tuesday 19 October 2004

·        Conclusion of Ethical Audit interviews

·        Methodology for Review of Ethics and Probity in Parish/Town Council Context

·        Review of Publication of Members Attendance Figures

·        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.