Agenda and minutes

At this point, members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on this agenda.

Members were invited to declare at this point in the meeting any personal or prejudicial interests they might have in the business on the agenda.  No interests were declared.

To consider the exclusion of the press and public from the meeting during consideration of Agenda Item 3 (Monitoring Officer’s Report into Standards Board for England Local Investigation No. SBE 21936.08) on the grounds that it includes information relating to an individual.  This information is classed as exempt under paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as revised by The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006).

RESOLVED: That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of agenda item 3 (Minute 3 refers), on the grounds that it includes information relating to an individual.  This information is classed as exempt under paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as revised by The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006).

To consider the findings of an investigation carried out on behalf of the Monitoring Officer in respect of a matter referred for local investigaton by the Standards Board for England.

Members considered a report which presented the findings of an investigation into a complaint made against a member of Naburn Parish Council.  The complaint had been received by the Standards Board for England (SBE) on 15 April 2008 and referred by the SBE to the Monitoring Officer at City of York Council on 2 July 2008.  The Monitoring Officer had appointed an investigator to undertake the investigation on his behalf. 

The investigator’s conclusions, together with all supporting documents, were annexed to the report.  Members were invited to decide, on the basis of the information supplied, whether or not they agreed with the findings of the investigator.  If they did, then a notice to that effect would be issued.  If they did not, then the matter would be referred for a hearing before the Standards Committee.

Having considered all the evidence supplied, it was

RESOLVED: That the findings of the investigator, that there was no breach of the Code of Conduct in this case, be supported.

REASON:      The Committee agree with the conclusions set out in the investigator’s report.