Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

7.

Apologies for Absence

To receive and record apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillors J Lowe, E Shimbart and P Wade.

8.

Declarations of Interest

To receive and record any declarations of interest from members present in respect of any of the various matters on the agenda for this meeting.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

9.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 330 KB

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 6th July 2021.

Minutes:

The minutes from the meeting of the Havant Borough Council StandardsCommittee held on 6th July 2021 were agreed as a correct record.

10.

Appointment of Independent Persons pdf icon PDF 142 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Monitoring Officer introduced the item to the committee. The committee
discussed the report.

 

Members were requested to:
a. note the recruitment process of the Independent Persons (IPs)
b. to recommend Full Council approve the appointment of Mr Andy Kirk, Mr
David Heck and Mr Peter Moore as Independent Persons as selected by the
interview panel and detailed in the report.

 

Proposed by Councillor Briggs

Seconded by Councillor Turner

 

Members NOTED the recruitment and RECOMMEND that Full Council approve the appointment of the Independent Persons.

11.

Constitutional Working Group

Verbal update to inform members on the Constitutional Working Group.

Minutes:

The Monitoring Officer introduced the item to the committee. A verbal update was provided informing members that there are three items to go before the first meeting of the Constitutional Working Group which had been scheduled for 16th September 2021.

12.

Code of Conduct Complaints pdf icon PDF 115 KB

The Committee will consider a report on Councillor Code of Conduct complaints received or ongoing since 1 January 2021.

 

The appendix to the report is exempt, therefore the Committee will be invited to consider passing a resolution to enter exempt session (agenda item 6) if it wishes to discuss the details contained within it.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Monitoring Officer introduced the item to the committee confirming that it would be a standing item on the agenda in order to provide a brief overview on the management of councillor conduct complaints made as of 1st January 2021. Members were provided with an exempt table outlining the current complaints and their progress.

 

Councillors expressed an interest in discussing the item further. The committee were therefore invited to pass a resolution to enter an exempt session.

 

Proposed by   Councillor Wilson

Seconded by   Councillor Turner

13.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

RECOMMENDED that the press and public be excluded as:

 

a)    It is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, or the nature of the proceedings, that if a member of the public were present during the item there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended) to the Local Government Act 1972; and

 

b)    In all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the minutes headed and numbered as below because:

 

it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during those minutes there would be disclosure to them of exempt information of the descriptions specified in paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended) of the Local Government Act 1972 shown against the heading in question; and

 

in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

Minute 12 Councillor Code of Conduct Complaints

(Paragraph 1)