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City of York Council |
Minutes |
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Meeting |
Joint Standards Committee |
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Date |
8 April 2024 |
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Present |
Councillors Rowley (Chair), Fisher, Lomas (from 4.06 pm), Pavlovic, Runciman (CYC Members) Councillors Waudby (Vice-Chair) and Chambers (Parish Council Members)
Mr J Leigh and Ms R Mazza (Independent Persons) |
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Apologies
Officer in Attendance |
Councillor Rawlings
Frances Harrison, Deputy Monitoring Officer |
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43. Declarations of Interest (4.01 pm)
Members were asked to declare any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests, or any prejudicial interests or disclosable pecuniary interests which they might have in respect of business on the agenda. None were declared.
44. Exclusion of Press and Public (4.02 pm)
Resolved: That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the exempt versions of Annexes A (ii) and B (ii) to Agenda Item 7 (Monitoring Report in Respect of Complaints Received), on the grounds that they contain information likely to reveal the identity of individuals, which 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.
45. Minutes (4.03 pm)
Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting of the Joint Standards Committee held on 06 March 2024 be approved and signed as a correct record.
46. Public Participation (4.04 pm)
It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak at the meeting under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.
47. Review of Work Plan (4.04 pm)
Members considered the committee’s work plan for the current municipal year.
During the private session, Cllr Lomas and the Deputy Monitoring Officer reported that they had discussed officer support protocols with the Head of Human Resources (HR). It had been agreed that the Head of HR would report on this to the Committee at July’s meeting, this was subsequently added to the work plan.
Resolved: That the work plan be approved
subject to the following additions:
Meeting on 14 May 2024 (and ongoing)
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Case
Handling Procedure amendments, Constitution Working Group
Meeting on 23 July 2024
· Officer Support Protocols
Reason: To ensure that the committee has a planned programme of work in place.
48. Monitoring Report on Complaints Received (4.08 pm)
Members considered a report which provided an update on current business as regards complaints.
Resolved: That the report be noted.
Reason: To ensure that the committee is aware of current levels of activity.
Cllr M Rowley BEM, Chair
The meeting started at 4.01 pm and finished at 4.46 pm.