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    • Agenda and minutes

    Standards Community Sub-Committee - Wednesday, 2nd October, 2019 10.30 am

    • Attendance details
    • Agenda frontsheet PDF 144 KB
    • Agenda reports pack PDF 547 KB
    • Printed minutes PDF 276 KB

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

    Contact: Carol Johnson  01597 826206

    Items
    No. Item

    1.

    Apologies

    To receive apologies for absence.

    Minutes:

    Apologies were received from Mrs C Jackson.

     

    2.

    Minutes pdf icon PDF 175 KB

    To authorise the Chair to sign the minutes of the previous meeting of the Committee held on 5 June, 2019 as a correct record.

    Minutes:

    The Chair was authorised to sign the minutes of the meeting held on 5 June, 2019 as a correct record.

     

    3.

    Declarations of Interest

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

    Minutes:

    There were no declarations of interest.

    4.

    Report of the Solicitor to the Council pdf icon PDF 129 KB

    To receive the report of the Solicitor to the Council.

    Additional documents:

    • Appendix A: Code-of-Conduct-Jan-March-2019 Ombudsman casebook , item 4. pdf icon PDF 109 KB

    Minutes:

    The Committee received the report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services (copy filed with signed minutes).

     

    A         Referral of Councillors to Public Services Ombudsman

     

    A1.      Town and Community Councillor Referrals

     

    The current position regarding matters with the Ombudsman is detailed below:

     

    7/17/TCC       Ombudsman investigating

     

    7/18/TCC       Complaint received – Ombudsman not investigating but now subject to review

    8/18/TCC       Ombudsman deciding whether or not to investigate

    10/18/TCC     Ombudsman deciding whether or not to investigate

    11/18/TCC     Ombudsman deciding whether or not to investigate

    13/18/TCC     Ombudsman investigating

    15/18/TCC     Ombudsman deciding whether or not to investigate

    16/18/TCC     Ombudsman deciding whether or not to investigate

    17/18/TCC     Concluded no action

     

    02/19/TCC    Ombudsman deciding whether or not to investigate

    03/19/TCC    Not investigating

    04/19/TCC    Not investigating

    B.        Dispensations

     

    B1.      Applications - Town and Community Councillors

     

    No applications for dispensation have been received from Town or Community Councillors.

     

    C.        Ombudsman’s Casebook

     

    The Ombudsman had published Code of Conduct Casebook for the period October – December 2018.

     

    D.        Training of community councillors

     

                The Committee noted the Head of Democratic Services’ response.   However, the Member who had raised the issue commented that, she was not asking the Council to provide training.  It was suggested that discussions could take place with One Voice Wales [OVW] to discuss issues regarding code of conduct complaints and how the training provided by OVW relates to the type of complaints received by the Ombudsman.

               

    RESOLVED

    Reason for decision

    To invite a representative of One Voice Wales [OVW] to the next meeting.

    To contact OVW in respect of code of conduct complaints regarding town and community councillors.

               

     

    E.        Meeting Dates

     

                The following Committee dates were noted:

                Wednesday 12 February 2020

    Wednesday 10 June 2020

    Wednesday 7 October 2020 [rather than September as indicated in the officer’s report].