Agenda item

As the Committee’s terms of reference now include responsibility to keep under review and monitor the Protocol on Member/Officer relations, Members are asked to consider the Protocol.

The Committee considered a report of the Town Clerk regarding the Protocol on Member/Officer relations which the Committee now had responsibility for keeping under review and monitoring. 

Having considered the Protocol, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, the Committee agreed that all Members should be aware of its existence and endorsed its inclusion in the Standards Committee’s Handbook which would be published ahead of the recess.  Likewise, it was felt that all officers should be made aware of the Protocol and therefore the matter should be raised with the Director of HR and the Town Clerk to ensure that both Members and officers were suitably informed. 

RESOLVED:- That-

(i)  the Standards Committee review the Protocol on Member/Officer Relations on an annual basis, subject to ad hoc updates being submitted to the Committee for consideration;

(ii) the Protocol on Member/Officer Relations be included in the Standards Committee’s Handbook; and

(iii)  the Director of HR and the Town Clerk be advised about the Protocol to ensure that both Members and officers are suitably informed.