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To authorise the Chair to sign the minutes of the meetings held on the: · 15th February 2017 · 13th March 2017 · 15th March 2017 · 26th May 2017 Additional documents:
Minutes: The Chair was authorised to sign the minutes of the following meetings as a correct record: · 15th February 2017 · 13th March 2017 · 15th March 2017
The Chair was authorised to sign the minutes of the meeting held on 26th May 2017 subject to the following amendments:
Under declarations of interest amend to
‘…it was noted that Councillor K Roberts-Jones
and Independent Member H Rhydderch-Roberts had not been invited to take
part in this meeting as
Under the Report of the Deputy Monitoring
Officer amend to: ‘…had been invited to attend the
meeting on 26th May 2017 but
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Apologies Derbyn ymddiheuriadau am absenoldeb. Minutes: No apologies for absence were received. |
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Declarations of interest Derbynunrhyw ddatganiadau o ddiddordeb gan Aelodau ynghylch yr eitemau sydd i’w hystyried ar yr agenda. Minutes: No declarations of interest were received. |
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Report of the Solicitor to the Council PDF 84 KB To receive the report of the Solicitor to the Council. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee received the report of the Solicitor to the Council (copy filed with signed minutes).
A General Standards Issues for County Councillors and Co-opted Members
A1 Code of Conduct Training
Code of Conduct training was held on 16th May 2017. Training will be arranged for the three County Councillors, 1 Independent Member and 1 newly appointed County Councillor to received training over the summer. One further Member would need to be trained in the early autumn. The Committee indicated that they expected that all Members would have received training before the next meeting of the Committee on 4th October 2017.
B Referral of County Councillors to Public Services Ombudsman
B1 County Councillor Referrals
6/15/CC Referred back to the Standards Committee 8/15/CC Referred to the Standards Committee 9/15//CC Referred to the Standards Committee 04/16/CC Ombudsman investigating 09/CC/2016 Investigated – no evidence of failure to comply 10/CC/2016 Investigated – no evidence of failure to comply 15/CC/2016 Investigated – no evidence of failure to comply 16/CC/2016 Investigated – no evidence of failure to comply 17/CC/2016 Investigated – no evidence of failure to comply 01/CC/2017 Ombudsman decided not to investigate 02/CC/2017 Ombudsman decided not to investigate – complainant submitted a request for a review of that decision 03/CC/2017 Complaint received – Ombudsman decided not to investigate
The outcome of the three complaints referred to the Standards Committee was noted by the Committee.
6/15/CC County Councillor Gary Price This case was referred by the Ombudsman to the Standards Committee who heard the matter on 2nd November 2016 determining that a breach had occurred and a suspension of 5 months was imposed. Councillor Price appealed and the Adjudication Panel for Wales held an appeal hearing where it was determined that he had breached the Code of Conduct and recommended that the suspension should be for three months. The Standards Committee held an appeal review hearing and determined that the three month suspension should be imposed. The suspension runs from 27th May 2017 to 26th August 2017.
A copy of the report of the Standards Committee of 26th May 2017 was attached at Appendix A to the agenda papers.
Members asked if a letter of apology had been made
by Councillor Price. It was confirmed
that to date no letter of apology had been received. It was not clear however exactly what was meant by
‘the end of the process’ as stated in the decision
notice from the Adjudication Panel for Wales which was when the
apology was expected to be made. The
Committee was concerned that this lack of clarity did not assist
the Committee in its final determination i.e. was the apology due
at the end of the Adjudication Panel process or now due following
the Committee’s final determination. The Committe
Resolved that the Deputy Monitoring ... view the full minutes text for item 28-2017 |