INTERIM DIRECTOR OF LEGAL

AND DEMOCRATIC SERVICES

Alison Lowton

 

County Hall

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 1UD

 

Tel (01983) 821000 Fax (01983) 823284

 

 

 

 

Committee Administrator – Julie Martin '823281                      [email protected]

 

19 January 2007

 

Members of the Committee:

 

            Independent Members:

 

Mr B Claxton (Chairman), Mrs S Dalby, Mr K Fagan, Mrs J Harding, Mr G Hibberd, Mr M Southwell, Mr D Watson

 

Representative of Town and Parish Councils:

 

Mr D Russell, Mr R Mew (1st Deputy), Mr R Day (2nd Deputy)

 

Isle of Wight Council Members :

 

Cllrs Mike Cunningham, Heather Humby

 

Deputies: Cllrs Muriel Miller (1st Deputy), Erica Oulton (2nd Deputy) (Are invited to attend but if there is a vote only the first two Isle of Wight Council members (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 :

Monday, 29 January 2007

Time :

6.00 pm

Place :

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

 

AGENDA

 

1.                  MINUTES

 

To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting held on

27 November 2006 (Paper A).

 

1.                  DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

 

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

 

2.                  REPORTS OF THE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AND DEMOCRATIC SERVICES

 

(a)               Annual report (Paper B) 

 

(b)               Consultation on the New Code of Conduct (Oral Report)

 

(c)               Ethical Audit by I&DeA (Paper C)

 

(d)               Isle of Wight Standards Committee input into ACSeS Model Induction Pack (Oral Report)

 

3.                  UPDATES FROM THE MONITORING OFFICER

 

The Monitoring Officer to update members’ on matters from the Standards Board for England.  This may involve, if a confidential matter is likely to be discussed, the Committee passing a resolution to exclude the public and press for some or all of this item.

 

4.                  WORKPLAN

 

Meeting

Agenda Item

Monday, 19 March 2007

 

·                       Review of Contract Standing Orders

·                       I&DeA Feedback

·                       Report back appointments to outside bodies

 

Monday, 21 May 2007

·            Election of Vice Chairman

Standing items

 

 

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

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALISON LOWTON

Interim Director of Legal and Democratic Services

 

 

Details of this and other Council committee meetings can be viewed on the Isle of Wight Council's web site at :  http://www.iwight.com/council/meetings/meetings.asp

 

The information contained in this agenda is available in Braille, large print, tape and community languages.  Please contact Julie Martin ( 823281, for details.