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City of York Council |
Minutes |
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Meeting |
Joint Standards Committee |
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Date |
12 November 2024 |
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Present |
Councillors Rowley (Chair), Fisher, Kent, Pavlovic and Runciman Parish Councillors Chambers and Geogheghan-Breen Ms R Mazza (Independent Person) |
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Apologies
Officers Present |
Parish Councillor Waudby and Mr J Leigh (Independent Person)
Frances Harrison (Head of Legal and Deputy Monitoring Officer) |
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16. Apologies for Absence (4.02 pm)
Apologies had been received from Parish Councillor Waudby and Mr Joe Leigh, Independent Person.
The Chair welcomed Parish Councillor Diane Geoghegan-Breen who had recently joined the committee.
17. Declarations of Interest (4.03 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.
18. Exclusion of Press and Public (4.04 pm)
Resolved: That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the exempt versions of Annexes A and B to Agenda Item 8 (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.
19. Minutes (4.05 pm)
Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting of the Joint Standards Committee held on 17 September be approved as a correct record.
20. Public Participation (4.05 pm)
It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak at the meeting under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.
21. Review of Work Plan (4.30 pm)
Members considered the committee’s work plan for the current municipal year.
Resolved:
i. That the work plan be approved subject to the following additions:
January
· Community Governance Review (if available)
· YLCA Representative
March
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Draft Annual Report
ii. Should a briefing paper on the proposed changes to the local government standards framework become available, the Chair and Vice-Chair to decide when it should be added to the work plan.
Reason: To ensure that the committee has a planned programme of work in place.
22. Monitoring Report on Complaints Received (4.06 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 4.51 pm.