Agenda item

To consider a complaint of breach of the Code of Conduct received in respect of a City of York Councillor and determine next steps.

Members considered a report which set out a Code of Conduct complaint received in respect of a City Councillor.  Details of the complaint were presented in the private report referred to in Minute 24 above.

Members were asked to decide whether to:

A.   rule that the complaint is out of scope, or

B.   rule that the complaint is in scope and choose either to:

                          i)          take no further action

                        ii)          seek to resolve the matter informally, or

                       iii)          refer the matter for investigation.

Having considered all the information provided, and the advice of the Independent Person at the meeting, it was

Resolved:   That Option A be approved.

Reason:      The Sub-Committee considers that this matter is not a breach of the Code of Conduct because the behaviour complained about is not capable of constituting impartiality or impropriety.