Standards Committee Assessment Panel – 11 November 2020
Chairman: To be appointed
Venue: Virtual Meeting Microsoft Teams
Time: On the rising of the Hearings Panel (3:15pm approx.)
E-mail Address: dean.gillon@northlincs.gov.uk
AGENDA
1. To appoint a chairman.
2. Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Personal or Personal and Prejudicial interests, if any.
3. Any other items that the Chairman decides are urgent by reason of special circumstances that must be specified.
The public are likely to be excluded from the meeting for consideration of the following item on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).
4. Localism Act 2011 – Code of Conduct – To consider one complaint.
The following documents are EXEMPT: –
(i) Complaint
(ii) Response from subject member
(iii) The Code of Conduct, and
(iv) Assessment Criteria.
5. Any other items, which the Chairman decides are urgent, by reasons of special circumstances, which must be specified.
MINUTES
PRESENT: – Councillors Poole (in the chair), O’Sullivan.
Mr T Forbes– Independent Persons
The panel met via MS Teams.
316 DECLARATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY, PERSONAL OR PERSONAL AND PREJUDICIAL INTERESTS – There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests, personal or personal and prejudicial interests.
317 EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC – Resolved – That the public be excluded from the meeting for consideration of the following item (minute 318 to 319 refers) on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).
318 LOCALISM ACT 2011 – CODE OF CONDUCT – COMPLAINT BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AGAINST A MEMBER OF NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL. In accordance with the council’s adopted Arrangements, the panel considered the complaint. The panel had been provided with the complaint details and the response of the subject member.
Mr Forbes (Independent Person) submitted his views on the complaint, which were considered by all members.
Resolved – (a) That no action be taken on the complaint, and (b) that the Monitoring Officer write to the member, setting out the Assessment Panel’s views.
319 LOCALISM ACT 2011 – CODE OF CONDUCT – COMPLAINT BY A MEMBER OF BARROW UPON HUMBER PARISH COUNCIL AGAINST A MEMBER OF BARROW UPON HUMBER PARISH COUNCIL. In accordance with the council’s adopted Arrangements, the panel considered the complaint. The panel had been provided with the complaint details and the response of the subject member.
Mr Forbes (Independent Person) submitted his views on the complaint, which were considered by all members.
Resolved – (a) That no action be taken on the complaint, and(b) the Assessment Panel recommend that the Parish Council arrange and fund suitable mediation between the councillors.