Draft minutes

It was requested by the Monitoring Officer that Cllr R Sutton would sit as Chair as he was elected at the previous meeting. The Chair welcomed Mr G Grimes, as the Independent Person, to the Committee. The previous Independent Person, Mr M Pearson, stood down from the Council earlier in the year.

In relation to item 5, Allegations of a failure to Observe the Code of Conduct, it was confirmed that all Members were present at the meeting at which the behaviour within the complaint occurred and that they would consider the item with an open mind.

The Monitoring Officer advised the Committee that the press and public should be excluded, in keeping with the guidance, which she set out for Members.

It was moved by Councillor R Sutton, seconded by Councillor J Simmons and

RESOLVED THAT:

In pursuance of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting on the grounds that the business to be transacted involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act and that the public interest in maintaining this exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

The Monitoring Officer presented an update to the original report and responded to questions from Members.  The Independent Person offered their views on the complaint.

RESOLVED THAT:

The Assessment Sub Committee made a finding on the complaints as set out within the report.