Contact:

Contact:        David Jellings

Direct Dial:   01275 884219

E-mail:           david.jellings@n-somerset.gov.uk

Date:              16th November 2005

 

 

 

 

**     Please note start time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Sir or Madam

 

Standards Committee

Thursday 24th November 2005, 5.30 p.m., Rickford Room, Town Hall

 

A meeting of the Committee will take place as indicated above.  The agenda is set out overleaf.

 

Members are asked to refer to the agenda papers of the Executive meeting held on 8th November 2005 (Item 12 (2) refers) circulated to all Members of Council to enable consideration of the reference at Item 5.1.

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

 

 

Solicitor to the Council

 

 

 

 

To:       Members of the Committee

 

North Somerset Councillors: Ian Parker (Chairman), Nick Brown, Jenny Gosden, Ian Peddlesden

 

Independent Members: Mr. Peter Barrett and Mr. Tony Williams (Vice-Chairman)

 

            Parish and Town Council Members: Tony Horry and Jack Dagnall

 

            All other Members of the Council (for information)

Agenda

 

1                    Apologies for Absence

2                    Public Participation (Standing Order 17)

To receive and hear any person who wishes to address the Committee.  The Chairman will select the order of the matters to be heard.  Each speaker is limited to a period of five minutes.

 

3                    Declarations of Interest by Members

4                    Minutes

4.1             Committee Meeting – 8th September 2005, (page 4)

 

5                    Matters referred by Council, the Executive, other Committees and Panels (if any)

            Executive Meeting – 8th November 2005

 

5.1             Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy Statement (EXE 114) (page 7)

 

6          Report of the Solicitor to the Council/Monitoring Officer

 

6.1             Changes to the Council’s Constitution – Scrutiny Panels (page 8)

 

6.2       Monitoring Officer Protocol (page 11)

 

6.3       Review of the Code of Conduct (page 18)

 

6.4       Standards Board for England Annual Review 2004/05 (page 25)

 

6.5       Report of Investigating Officer into a Complaint (page 29)

 

7                    Other Business Permitted by the Local Government Act 1972 (if any)

           

____________________________________

 

Exempt Items

 

Should the Panel wish to consider a matter as an Exempt Item, the Panel will be invited to pass the following resolution –

 

“(1)      That the press, public, and officers not required by the Members, the Chief Executive or the Director, to remain during the exempt session, be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the ground that its consideration will involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Section 100I of the Local Government Act 1972.”

 

Also, if appropriate, the following resolution should be passed –

 

“(2)      That members of the Council who are not members of this Panel be invited to remain.”

 

Mobile Phones, Pagers And Similar Calling Devices

 

All persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off these devices in accordance with the Council’s statement concerning disturbance caused by such apparatus.  The Chairman may approve an exception to this request in special circumstances.

 

Emergency Evacuation Procedure

 

ON HEARING THE ALARM – (a continuous two tone siren)

 

Leave the room by the nearest exit door.    Ensure that windows are closed.

 

Last person out to close the door.

 

Do Not stop to collect personal belongings.

 

Do Not use the lifts.

 

Follow the green and white exit signs and make your way to the assembly point.

 

Do Not re-enter the building until authorised to do so by the Fire Authority.

 

Go To Assembly Point D – The Car Park Opposite Main Reception

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This document can be made available in a different format on request.