Joint Standards Committee

 

To:

Councillors Rowley BEM (Chair), Baker, Carr, Douglas and Fisher (CYC Members)

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

 

Ms Davies and Mr Laverick (Independent Persons)

 

Date:

Monday, 24 January 2022

 

Time:

4.00 pm

 

Venue:

Remote Meeting

 

Note: In view of the changing circumstances around the Covid-19 pandemic, this meeting will be held remotely.  Any decisions made will form recommendations to the Chief Operating Officer.

 

AGENDA

 

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1.          Declarations of Interest 

 

 

Members are asked to declare:

·        any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests

·        any prejudicial interests or

·        any disclosable pecuniary interests

which they might have in respect of business on this agenda.

 

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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 12 (Monitoring Report in respect of 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 the minutes of the last meeting of the Joint Standards Committee, held on 23 November 2021.

 

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4.          Minutes of Sub-Committees 

(Pages 5 - 14)

 

To approve the minutes of the meetings of the Standards Committee Assessments Sub-Committee held on 1 December 2021, 9 December 2021, 15 December 2021 and 13 January 2022.

 

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5.          Urgent Business 

 

 

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

 

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6.          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 have changed to 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 Thursday, 20 January 2022. 

 

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've made some changes to how we're running council meetings. See our coronavirus updates (www.york.gov.uk/COVIDDemocracy) for more information on meetings and decisions.

 

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7.          York's Parish Charter 

(Pages 15 - 26)

 

This report provides an update on the review of the charter between City of York Council and the 31 parish and town councils within the York local authority area, following the committee’s input to the draft charter at the meeting on 6 July 2021

 

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8.          Model Code of Conduct - Review of Procedures 

(Pages 27 - 62)

 

This report presents Hoey Ainscough’s update of their review of the current procedures in place to deal with Code of Conduct complaints.

 

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9.          Dispensation granted to Councillors Mason and Lomas on 15 July 2021 to enable them to participate in a debate of a Motion presented to Full Council 

(Pages 63 - 64)

 

This report asks Members to note the granting of the above dispensation.

 

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10.      Dispensation granted to Councillor Douglas on 12 October 2021, to allow Councillor Douglas to substitute for Councillor Webb at Area Planning Committee on 13 October 2021 

(Pages 65 - 66)

 

This report asks Members to note the granting of the above dispensation.

 

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11.      Review of Work Plan 

(Pages 67 - 68)

 

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

 

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12.      Monitoring Report on Complaints Received 

(Pages 69 - 122)

 

To receive a routine update report on recent 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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