Agenda item

Joint report of the Comptroller and City Solicitor and Director of Human Resources.

The Committee considered a joint report of the Comptroller and City Solicitor and Director of Human Resources which sought approval of the revised Protocol on Member/Officer Relations for onward approval by the Court of Common Council.

The Chair provided officers with a number of minor amendments to the Protocol and it was agreed that subject to those amendments the document should be put before the Court of Common Council for final approval.

A short discussion took place during which the Chair clarified that the Establishment Committee held responsibility for the Protocol document and the reason behind the two Aldermen being referenced within the introduction was because the responsibility for upholding this Protocol resided with both the Chairman of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen and the Chairman of the Privileges Committee of the Court of Aldermen.

RESOLVED – That the Committee review the Protocol on Member/Officer Relations and endorse the amendments proposed by the Standards Committee and include the amendments proposed by the Chair of the Establishment Committee for onward approval by the Court of Common Council.