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    Standards Committee

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    Purpose of committee

     

    Membership 

    Terms of Reference / Areas of Responsibility

    Five ‘Independent’ (Lay) Members

    Four Councillors (The Cabinet Leader cannot be a member and no more than one member of the Cabinet can be on this Committee).

    In relation to the County Councillors in Powys:

    ·       promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct by Members (including church and parent governor representatives);

    ·       assisting Members (including church and parent governor representatives) to observe the Members’ Code of Conduct;

    ·       advising the Council on the adoption or revision of the Members’ Code of Conduct;

    ·       monitoring the operation of the Members’ Code of Conduct;

    ·       advising on training or arranging to train Councillors, co-opted members and church and parent governor representatives on matters relating to the Members’ Code of Conduct;

    ·       granting dispensations to councillors, co-opted members and church and parent governor representatives from requirements relating to interests set out in the Members’ Code of Conduct;

    ·       dealing with any reports from a case tribunal or interim case tribunal, and any report from the Monitoring Officer on any matter referred to that officer by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales;

    ·       overseeing the Council’s whistle-blowing regime;

    ·       providing advice to individual Councillors on such issues as the treatment of personal interest and on conduct matters generally;

    ·       determining appropriate action on matters referred to it by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales;

    ·       overseeing the Register of Interest of Members, Co-opted members and Church and Parent Governor Representatives and Officers;

    ·       overseeing the Council’s rules and protocols on accountability of members;

    ·       overseeing the attendance of Members and Co-opted Members at relevant meetings;

    ·       monitor the training of Members serving on Member Bodies.

     

     

    Membership

    • Independent Member Helen Rhydderch-Roberts  (Chair) 
    • Independent Member Claire Jackson  (Vice-Chair) 
    • Independent Member Jacqueline Evans  (Independent Member) 
    • Independent Member Stephan Hays  (Independent Member) 
    • Independent Member Christine Mulholland  (Independent Member) 
    • McNicholas, Susan  (County Councillor) 
    • Lewis, Sarah  (County Councillor) 
    • Roberts-Jones, Kath  (County Councillor) 
    • Silk, Kathryn  (County Councillor) 

    Contact information

    Support officer: Carol Johnson. 01597 826206

    Postal address:
    County Hall
    Llandrindod Wells
    Powys
    LD1 5LG

    Email: carol.johnson@powys.gov.uk