Agenda

Standards Committee
Monday, 14th October, 2019 7.00 pm

Contact: Ayshe Simsek, Democratic Services and Scrutiny Manager

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. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. 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 and using the public seating area, 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 View the background to item 2.
3.	Urgent Business View the background to item 3. The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business.
4.	Declarations of Interest View the background to item 4. 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 and Matters Arising PDF 241 KB View the background to item 5. To confirm and sign the minutes of the Standards Committee held on 25^th June 2019. To confirm and sign the unrestricted minutes of the Standards Assessment Sub Committee held on 4^th July 2019. Additional documents: Unrestricted minutes 4 July Standards Assessment Sub , item 5. PDF 64 KB
6.	Financial Regulations Update PDF 213 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 Draft Financial Regs 2019 with tracked changes , item 6. PDF 5 MB Appendix 2 Draft Financial Regs 2019 clean version , item 6. PDF 388 KB Appendix 3 Draft Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules , item 6. PDF 87 KB
7.	Initial Findings for the Review of Member's Allowances 2020/21 PDF 250 KB Additional documents: MembersAllowancesReviewappendix 1 , item 7. PDF 130 KB Members Allowance Survey revised , item 7. PDF 318 KB Local Authorities Members' Allowances Comparative Tablev2 , item 7. PDF 512 KB
8.	Review of Ethical Standards PDF 211 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Part 5 Section A - Members' Code of Conduct - pt 1 , item 8. PDF 328 KB Appendix 2 - Part 5 Section A - Members' Code of Conduct - pt 2 - Process for handling complaints , item 8. PDF 177 KB Appendix 3 - Report on Local Government Ethical Standards from the Committee on Standards in Public Life , item 8. PDF 1 MB
9.	Recruitment of Independent Members for Standards Committee and Staffing Remuneration Committee PDF 165 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 recruitment of Independent person to Standards Committee 14102019 , item 9. PDF 111 KB
10.	Changes to Council Standing Orders and Council Protocol PDF 173 KB To follow. Additional documents: WITH CHANGES councilstandingordersMay2019 , item 10. PDF 244 KB WITH CHANGES Part4SectionBCommitteeProcedureRules , item 10. PDF 170 KB ProtocolFullCouncil2019 , item 10. PDF 84 KB
11.	Committee Work Plan PDF 55 KB
12.	New Items of Urgent Business View the background to item 12.
13.	Dates of Next Meetings View the background to item 13. 23 January 2020 2 March 2020
14.	Exclusion of the Press and Public Item 14 is likely to be subject to a motion to exclude the press and public from the meeting as it contains exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended by Section 12A of the Local Government Act 1985); paras 1 and 2.
15.	Exempt - Restricted Minutes of the Standards Sub Committee View the reasons why item 15. is restricted To confirm and sign the restricted minutes of the Standards Assessment Sub Committee of 4^th July 2019.