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City of York Council |
Committee Minutes |
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Meeting |
Joint Standards Committee - Assessments Sub-Committee |
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Date |
5 March 2026 |
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Present |
Councillors Pavlovic, Runciman and Steward |
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Apologies
Officer Present |
Ms R Mazza, Independent Person
Chris Coss, Deputy Monitoring Officer |
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31. Appointment of Chair (11.02 am)
That Cllr Runciman be appointed as Chair of the meeting.
32. Apologies for Absence (11.02 am)
The Independent Person had given her apologies. Her views were contained in the agenda pack and were considered by members.
33. Declarations of Interest (11.02 am)
Members were asked to declare at this point in the meeting any disclosable pecuniary interests or other registerable interests they might have in respect of business on the agenda, if they had not already done so in advance on the Register of Interests.
None were declared.
34. Exclusion of Press and Public (11.03 am)
Resolved: That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the private reports at Agenda Item 5 (Code of Conduct Complaints received in respect of a City of York Councillor), on the grounds that they contain information relating to individuals and information likely to reveal the identity of individuals, which is classed as exempt under paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 12A to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.
[Note: following the above resolution, the remainder of the meeting took place in private session.]
35. Code of Conduct Complaint Received in Respect of a City of York Councillor (11.03 am)
Members considered a report which set out a Code of Conduct complaint received in respect of a City of York Councillor. Details of the complaint were presented in the private report referred to 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 written advice of the Independent Person, it was
Resolved: That Option B(i) be approved.
Reason: The Sub-Committee considered that any further action would be disproportionate.
Cllr C Runciman, Chair
[The meeting started at 11.02 am and finished at 11.41 am].