Agenda

Standards Committee - Monday, 10th March, 2025 7.00 pm

Venue: George Meehan House 294 High Road N22 8JZ

Contact: Ayshe Simsek, Democratic Services and Scrutiny Manager  2929 Email: ayshe.simsek@haringey.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method.  Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on.  By entering the ‘meeting room’, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The Chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual, or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

2.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

3.

URGENT BUSINESS

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of Urgent Business. (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with under items 11& 13 below).

4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

5.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 326 KB

To confirm and sign the minutes of the Standards Committee meeting held on 4 February 2025.

6.

Changes to the Constitution: Member Allowance scheme pdf icon PDF 202 KB

To review proposed changes to the Constitution’s Member Allowances Scheme.

 

REPORT TO FOLLOW.

 

Additional documents:

7.

Changes to the Constitution: Full Council Second Supplementary questions pdf icon PDF 186 KB

To review proposed changes to the Constitution’s standing orders on Full Council  second supplementary questions.

 

Additional documents:

8.

Changes Non voting co opted members Protocol pdf icon PDF 193 KB

To review proposed changes to the non-voting co-opted members protocol and associated changes to Overview and Scrutiny terms of reference set out in the Constitution.

 

REPORT TO FOLLOW

Additional documents:

9.

Changes to the Constitution: Procurement standing orders pdf icon PDF 251 KB

To review proposed changes to the Constitution’s Procurement standing orders.

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10.

COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME pdf icon PDF 62 KB

This paper seeks to identify topics that will come to the attention of the Standards Committee and seeks members’ input.

11.

NEW ITEMS OF URGENT BUSINESS

As  set out at item 3.

12.

EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

To consider any motions to exclude the press and public from the meeting to discuss exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended by Section 12A of the Local Government Act 1985).

13.

EXEMPT Minutes

To approve the exempt minutes of the meeting held on  the 4th of February 2025.

14.

NEW ITEMS OF EXEMPT URGENT BUSINESS

As per item 3.