Committee Administrator – Chris Mathews F823280

To: Independent Members :

Mr Claxton, Prof. D Farnham, Mr D Hansford, Mrs J Harding, Mrs J Scott, Mr I Ward (one vacancy)

Representative of Town and Parish Councils :

Mr D Russell, Mr R Mew - Deputy

Isle of Wight Council Members :

Mrs T Butchers, Mr A Coburn, Mr M Cunningham (1^st Deputy), Miss H Humby (2^nd Deputy) and Mr V Morey (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).

Meeting : Standards Committee

Date : Tuesday, 26 November 2002

Time: 2:00 pm

Place : Committee Room 1, County Hall, High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight

AGENDA

1. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN

Following the resignation of His Honour John Wroath - to Elect a Chairman (from the Independent Members) of the Committee.

2. MINUTES

To confirm the Minutes of the meeting held on 11 June 2002 (Paper A).

3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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

4. URGENT BUSINESS

To consider any matters which the Chairman considers are urgent

5. STANDARDS BOARD FOR ENGLAND AND WALES: - NATIONAL ISSUES AND LOCAL PROCEDURES

To consider the attached report of the Monitoring Officer (Paper B)

6. AN ETHICAL AUDIT FOR THE ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL

To consider the attached report of the Monitoring Officer (Paper C)

7. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STANDARDS SUB COMMITTEE ON MEMBER ATTENDANCE

Minutes of the meeting held on 15 November 2002 (Paper D)

8. PROPOSED WORK PROGRAMME CALENDAR YEAR 2003

To consider the attached report of the Monitoring Officer (Paper E)

9. DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE