Agenda item

To consider a complaint of breach of the Code of Conduct received in respect of City of York Councillors and determine next steps.

Members considered a report which set out three complaints alleging breach of the Code of Conduct received in respect of three City of York councillors. Details of the complaints were presented in the private report referred to in Minute 18 above.

Members were asked to decide whether to:

A. rule that one or more complaints are out of scope.

B. rule that one or more complaints are in scope and choose to:

(i)                take no further action

(ii)              seek to resolve the matter(s) informally, or

(iii)             refer the matter(s) for investigation. 

Having considered all the information provided, and the advice of the Independent Person at the meeting, it was

Resolved:  That Option B (iii) was recommended in respect of all complaints.

Reason:     The Sub-Committee considers that this matter is capable of being a breach of the Code of Conduct and that an investigation is required.