Agenda

Standards Committee
Monday, 4th November, 2013 7.30 pm

Contact: Clifford Hart X2920

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for Absence View the background to item 1.
2.	Urgent Business View the background to item 2. The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business.
3.	Declarations of Interest View the background to item 3. 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.
4.	Monitoring Officer's Report on Complaints received since the beginning of the Municipal Year 2013/14 View the background to item 4. To receive a verbal update regarding the number of complaints received since the beginning of the Municipal Year 2013/14.
5.	New Items of Unrestricted Urgent Business View the background to item 5.
6.	EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS Items 7 & 8 are likely to be the subject of a motion to exclude the press and public from the meeting as they contains exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government 1972 – paras 1 & 2 ; namely information relating to an individual, and information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.
7.	Consideration of the outcome of investigations in respect of Standards Assessment Sub-Committee Complaint referral No. SC001/1213 Report of the Head of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer – pages Appendix 1 – Standards Assessment Sub-Committee agenda papers 9 May 2013 – pages Appendix 2 – Investigation Report dated 24^th October – to include Annex 1 and Sub Appendices A – D - pages
8.	Any new items of exempt urgent business
9.	Dates of Next Meetings View the background to item 9. 13 January 2014 17 March 2014