Agenda item

To consider a resolution from the Standards Committee from its meeting on 18 May 2018.  

Members considered a resolution from the Standards Committee concerning the visibility of the Members’ Code of Conduct on the City Corporation’s website.

The Director of Communications advised Members that this would be included in the development of the website. Members raised the issue that, generally, it took five or six clicks on the website for people to access Members’ webpages.

A Member also asked for the Members’ email addresses policy to be clarified so that officers are allowed to email Members’ external email addresses regarding non-private information. The Chairman of the Establishment Committee confirmed that there was a report to the next meeting of that Committee, where this would be discussed.

Another Member asked a question around publicising home addresses on the City Corporation website. It was confirmed that there was no need for a Member to publicise their home address but instead use the City of London’s PO Box address.

RESOLVED, that:

·         The visibility of the Members’ Code of Conduct and associated documents on the City Corporation’s website be improved to make them easy to find and readily accessible; and,

·         Details of how the public make a complaint under the Code also be easy to locate on the website.