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    • Agenda and minutes

    Standards Community Sub-Committee - Wednesday, 12th February, 2020 2.30 pm

    • Attendance details
    • Agenda frontsheet PDF 235 KB
    • Agenda reports pack PDF 1 MB
    • Printed minutes PDF 278 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:

    There were no apologies for absence.

     

    2.

    Minutes pdf icon PDF 276 KB

    To authorise the Chair to sign the minutes of the previous meeting of the Committee held on 2 October, 2019 as a correct record.

    Minutes:

    The Chair was authorised to sign the minutes of the meeting held on 10 October, 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:

    Councillor Pattrick declared a personal interest in the presentation by One Voice Wales, as he is a member of the National Executive Committee [NEC] One Voice Wales.

     

    4.

    One Voice Wales [OVW]

    Mr Lyn Cadwallader, Chief Executive Officer [CEO] and Mr Paul Egan, Deputy CEO will attend the meeting to discuss the role of OVW, complaints made to the Ombudsman regarding town and community councils and the training provided by OVW relating to these.

    Minutes:

    The Chair welcomed Mr Lyn Cadwallader, Chief Executive, One Voice Wales [OVW] to the meeting.  Mr Cadwallader spoke about OVW including its core aims, key activities and services and its work with the Public Services Ombudsman and the training it provided to town and community councils.

     

    In response to questions he advised that as town and community councils were being asked to do more, larger councils were becoming more political.  As a result, people had views on issues and what should be done and so raised concerns via the ombudsman complaint process. 

     

    The Chair thanked Lyn Cadwallader for his attendance.

     

    5.

    Report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services pdf icon PDF 216 KB

    To receive the report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services.

    Additional documents:

    • 2020-01-23 Standards Committee Independent Member cover report , item 5. pdf icon PDF 10 KB
    • 2020-01-23 Standards Committee Independent Members 2020 process Appendix 1 , item 5. pdf icon PDF 235 KB
    • CoC-casebook-April-June-2019 app 2 , item 5. pdf icon PDF 117 KB
    • Code-of-Conduct-Casebook-July-september-2019 , item 5. pdf icon PDF 156 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

     

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

    05/19/TCC    Concluded not investigating

    06/19/TCC    Concluded not investigating

    07/19/TCC    Concluded not investigating

    08/19/TCC    Concluded not investigating

    09/19/TCC    Concluded not investigating

    10/19/TCC    Concluded not investigating

    11/19/TCC     Ombudsman investigating

    12/19/TCC    Concluded not investigating

    B.        Dispensations

     

    B1.      Applications - Town and Community Councillors

     

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

     

    C.        Ombudsman’s Casebook

     

    The Ombudsman had published Code of Conduct Casebook for the period April – June 2019 and July – September 2019.

     

    D.        Independent lay Member on Standards Committee

    The Committee noted the appointments process.

     

    RESOLVED THAT

    Reason for decision

    Councillor M Morris would be the Town and Community Council representative on the Appointment Panel.

    To enable the appointments process to continue.

     

    E.        Meeting Dates

     

                The following Committee dates were noted:

                Wednesday 10 June 2020

    Wednesday 7 October 2020