Joint Standards Committee

 

To:

Councillors Rowley BEM (Chair), D'Agorne, Fisher, Galvin and Kilbane (CYC Members)

 

Councillors Rawlings (Vice-Chair), Chambers and M Waudby (Parish Council Members)

 

Mr Leigh and Mr Gadd (Independent Persons)

 

Date:

Thursday, 19 January 2023

 

Time:

4.00 pm

 

Venue:

The Thornton Room - Ground Floor, West Offices (G039)

 

 

AGENDA

 

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1.          Declarations of Interest 

 

 

At this point in the meeting, Members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary interest or other registerable interest they might have in respect of business on this agenda, if they have not already done so in advance on the Register of Interests.

 

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2.          Exclusion of Press and Public 

 

 

To consider the exclusion of the public and press from the meeting during consideration of exempt Annexes A and B to Agenda Item 8 (Monitoring Report on Complaints Received), on the grounds that they contain information which is likely to reveal the identity of individuals.

 

This information is classed as exempt under Paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information)(Variation) Order 2006.

 

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3.          Minutes 

(Pages 1 - 4)

 

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting of the Joint Standards Committee held on 17 November 2022.

 

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4.          Urgent Business 

 

 

Any other business which the Chair decides is urgent under the Local Government Act 1972.

 

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5.          Public Participation 

 

 

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered to speak can do so. Members of the public may speak on agenda items or on matters within the remit of the committee.

 

Please note that our registration deadlines are set as 2 working days before the meeting, in order to facilitate the management of public participation at our meetings.  The deadline for registering at this meeting is 5:00pm on Tuesday, 17 January 2023.

 

To register to speak please visit www.york.gov.uk/AttendCouncilMeetings to fill in an online registration form.  If you have any questions about the registration form or the meeting, please contact Democratic Services.  Contact details can be found at the foot of this agenda.

 

Webcasting of Public Meetings

 

Please note that, subject to available resources, this meeting will be webcast including any registered public speakers who have given their permission. The meeting can be viewed live and on demand at www.york.gov.uk/webcasts.

 

During coronavirus, we made some changes to how we ran council meetings, including facilitating remote participation by public speakers. See our updates (www.york.gov.uk/COVIDDemocracy) for more information on meetings and decisions.

 

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6.          Work undertaken and support offered by the Yorkshire Local Councils Association 

(Pages 5 - 24)

 

To receive information on work undertaken and support offered by the Yorkshire Local Councils Association (YLCA) in building positive links with Parish and Town Councils.  A representative of the YLCA has been invited to attend and provide an overview of this work.

 

 

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7.          Review of Work Plan 

(Pages 25 - 26)

 

To consider the Committee’s work plan for the current year and decide whether any amendments or additions are required.

 

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8.          Monitoring Report in respect of Complaints Received 

(Pages 27 - 42)

 

To receive a routine update report on the position of ongoing standards complaints.

 

 

 

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Democratic Services officer:

Name:  Fiona Young

Contact Details:

Telephone – (01904) 552030

Email – fiona.young@york.gov.uk

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For more information about any of the following please contact the Democratic Services officer responsible for servicing this meeting:

·        Registering to speak

·        Business of the meeting

·        Any special arrangements

·        Copies of reports

Contact details are set out above.

 

 

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