Meeting documents

Standards Committee (Assessment Panel)
Monday 12th August 2019

Chairman: To be appointed
Venue: s01e, Church Square House, Church Square, Scunthorpe
Time: 10:00 a.m.
E-mail Address: dean.gillon@northlincs.gov.uk

 

AGENDA

  1. To appoint a chairman.
  1. Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Personal or Personal and Prejudicial interests, if any.
  1. Any other items that the Chairman decides are urgent by reason of special circumstances that must be specified.

The public are likely to be excluded from the meeting for consideration of the following item on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

  1. Localism Act 2011 – Code of Conduct – To consider four complaints.

The following documents are EXEMPT:-

(i) Complaint
(ii) Response from subject members
(iii) The Code of Conduct, and
(iv) Assessment Criteria.

  1. Any other items, which the Chairman decides are urgent, by reasons of special circumstances, which must be specified.

MINUTES

PRESENT: – Councillors Poole (in the chair), England and Yeadon.

Mr R Johnson - Independent Person

The panel met at Church Square House, Scunthorpe.

275 DECLARATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY, PERSONAL OR PERSONAL AND PREJUDICIAL INTERESTS - There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary, personal or personal and prejudicial interests.

276 EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC – Resolved – That the public be excluded from the meeting for consideration of the following item (minute 277 to 280 refers) on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

277 LOCALISM ACT 2011 – CODE OF CONDUCT - COMPLAINT BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AGAINST A MEMBER OF NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL. In accordance with the council's adopted Arrangements, the panel considered the complaint. The panel had been provided with the complaint details and the response of the subject member.

Mr Johnson (Independent Person) submitted his views on the complaint, which were considered by all members.

Resolved - That no action be taken on the complaint.

278 LOCALISM ACT 2011 – CODE OF CONDUCT - COMPLAINT BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AGAINST A MEMBER OF GOXHILL PARISH COUNCIL. In accordance with the council's adopted Arrangements, the panel considered the complaint. The panel had been provided with the complaint details and the response of the subject member.

Mr Johnson (Independent Person) submitted his views on the complaint, which were considered by all members.

Resolved - That no action be taken on the complaint.

279 LOCALISM ACT 2011 – CODE OF CONDUCT - COMPLAINT BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AGAINST A MEMBER OF GOXHILL PARISH COUNCIL. In accordance with the council's adopted Arrangements, the panel considered the complaint. The panel had been provided with the complaint details and the response of the subject member.

Mr Johnson (Independent Person) submitted his views on the complaint, which were considered by all members.

Resolved - That no action be taken on the complaint.

280 LOCALISM ACT 2011 – CODE OF CONDUCT - COMPLAINT BY AN OFFICER OF GOXHILL PARISH COUNCIL AGAINST A MEMBER OF GOXHILL PARISH COUNCIL. In accordance with the council's adopted Arrangements, the panel considered the complaint. The panel had been provided with the complaint details and the response of the subject member.

Mr Johnson (Independent Person) submitted his views on the complaint, which were considered by all members.

Resolved - That the Monitoring Officer undertake an investigation in response to this complaint to determine whether there had been a breach of the Code of Conduct.