Agenda item

To receive the public minutes of the Hearing, Dispensation, Appeal and Assessments Sub Committee meetings that have taken place since the last meeting of the Standards Committee.

The Committee received the public minutes of the Hearing Sub (Standards) Committee, Dispensations Sub (Standards) Committee, Appeal Sub (Standards) Committee and Assessment Sub (Standard) recent meetings.

The following matters were raised:-

·         Noted that the minutes of the Hearing Sub (Standards) Committee should list Deputy Jamie Ingham Clark as chairing the meetings.

·         The Town Clerk confirmed that the meeting of the Appeal Sub (Standards) Committee on 28 September had been held almost entirely in public session, that the decision of the Sub Committee was that a breach of the code of conduct had taken place, and that these minutes when finalised would be publicly available.

·         The Town Clerk undertook to number complaint cases going forward under the new complaints procedure for ease of reference.

·         The Committee asked to receive copies of the non-public minutes of the Sub Committee meetings in future.

RECEIVED.