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    • Agenda and minutes

    Standards Community Sub-Committee - Wednesday, 7th February, 2018 10.30 am

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    • Printed minutes PDF 57 KB

    Venue: Committee Room A - County Hall, Llandrindod Wells, Powys. View directions

    Contact: Elizabeth Patterson  01597 826980

    Note: or on the later rising of the Standards Committee 

    Items
    No. Item

    9-2017

    Apologies

    To receive apologies for absence.

    Minutes:

    No apologies for absence were received.

    10-2017

    Minutes pdf icon PDF 135 KB

    To authorise the Chair to sign the minutes of the previous meeting(s) of the Committee held on the following date(s) as a correct / correct records.

    Minutes:

    The Chair was authorised to sign the minutes of the meeting held on the 4th October 2017 as a correct record.

    11-2017

    Declarations of Interest

    To receive any declarations of interest from Members relating to items to be considered on the agenda.

    Minutes:

    No declarations of interest were received.

     

    12-2017

    Report of the Solicitor to the Council pdf icon PDF 89 KB

    To receive the report of the Solicitor to the Council.

    Additional documents:

    • Code of Conduct Casebook Eng Issue 14 October 2017 , item 12-2017 pdf icon PDF 572 KB

    Minutes:

    The Committee received the report of the Solicitor to the Council (copy filed with signed minutes).

     

    A         Referral of Councillors to Public Services Ombudsman

     

    A1.      Town and Community Councillor Referrals

     

    The current position regarding existing matters with the Ombudsman was as follows:

     

    6/17/TCC       Ombudsman decided not to investigate

    7/17/TCC       Ombudsman investigating

    8/17/TCC       Ombudsman investigating

    9/17/TCC       Ombudsman decided not to investigate

    10/17/TCC     Ombudsman decided not to investigate

    11/17/TCC     Ombudsman decided not to investigate

    12/17/TCC     Ombudsman decided not to investigate

    13/17/TCC     Ombudsman decided not to investigate

    14/17/TCC     Ombudsman deciding whether to investigate or not

    15/17/TCC     Ombudsman decided not to investigate

    16/17/TCC     Ombudsman decided not to investigate

    01/18/TCC     Ombudsman decided not to investigate

     

    B.        Dispensations

     

    B1.      Applications - Town and Community Councillors

     

    No applications for dispensations from Town and Community Councillors had been received.

     

    C         Ombudsman’s Casebook

     

    The Ombudsman had published Code of Conduct Casebooks for the following period:

     

    ·         July – September 2017

     

    A copy of this Casebook was attached to the report of the Solicitor to the Council.

     

    D         Annual Report from Adjudication Panel for Wales

     

    The Adjudication Panel for Wales (APW) had published its Combined Annual Report for 2014/15 and 2015/16 which can be accessed from the Adjudication Panel for Wales website.

     

     

    F.         Meeting Dates.

     

                The Committee noted the dates of future meetings as follows:

     

    Wednesday 27th June 2018

    Friday 14th September 2018 – Standards Conference Aberystwyth University

    Wednesday 3rd October 2018