Meeting documents

Standards Committee (Assessment Panel)
Wednesday 29th July 2020

Chairman:  To be appointed
Venue:  Virtual Meeting, Microsoft Teams
Time: 9:30 a.m.
E-mail Address:  dean.gillon@northlincs.gov.uk

AGENDA

1.  To appoint a chairman.

2.  Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Personal or Personal and Prejudicial interests, if any.

3.  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).

4.  Localism Act 2011 – Code of Conduct – To consider three complaints and the outcome of one investigation.

The following documents are EXEMPT

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

5.  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), Bainbridge and Wells.

Mr T Forbes, Mr R Johnson - Independent Persons

The panel met via MS Teams.

296     DECLARATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY, PERSONAL OR PERSONAL AND PREJUDICIAL INTERESTS - Cllr Wells declared a personal interest as a member of ERNLLCA.

297     EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC – Resolved – That the public be excluded from the meeting for consideration of the following item (minute 283 to 287 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).

298     LOCALISM ACT 2011 – CODE OF CONDUCT - COMPLAINT BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AGAINST TEN MEMBERS OF WRAWBY PARISH COUNCIL. In accordance with the council’s adopted Arrangements, the panel considered the complaint. The panel had been provided with the complaint details, the response of the subject members, and the report of the Investigating Officer.

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

Resolved - (a) That no action be taken on the complaint, and (b) that the Monitoring Officer write to Wrawby Parish Council setting out the Assessment Panel’s views.

299     LOCALISM ACT 2011 – CODE OF CONDUCT - COMPLAINT BY THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AGAINST A MEMBER OF GARTHORPE & FOCKERBY 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 Harvie (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.

300     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.

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

Resolved - That no action be taken on the complaint.