Standards Committee - 5 July 2006
Location: Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House
STANDARDS COMMITTEE
NOTICE AND AGENDA
For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth on Wednesday, 5 July 2006 at 10.00am.
Members of the Committee:-
Independent Members: Valerie Kleanthous (Chairman), Brian Sainsbury (Vice-Chairman), Michael Baker and Nigel Gates.
Councillors: Tony Barton, Paul Goggins and Ron Spellen.
Parish Council's representative: Parish Councillor John Gell (Sarratt Parish Council)
Tony Beirne, Director of Strategic Services
22 June 2006
The Committee welcomes contributions from members of the public to its discussion on agenda items. Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.
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1. | APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
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2. | MINUTES
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| To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 16 February 2006 (copy enclosed for Members of the Committee).
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3. | MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
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4. | NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS
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| Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 31 to be announced, together with the special circumstances, which justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.
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5. | FEEDBACK ON TRAINING
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| - CODE OF CONDUCT
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| - MEDIATION
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| The Chairman to make an oral report at the meeting.
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6. | APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT MEMBERS
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| The Solicitor to the Council to give an oral update on the appointment of Independent Members to the Committee for the next three years.
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7. | STANDARDS HEARING AND TRAINING
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| The Solicitor to the Council to report on the outcome of the hearing held into a complaint against Croxley Green Parish Councillor Cliff Vassilliou, held on 17 May 2006 and the training to be implemented.
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8. | ASSESSMENT OF STANDARDS OF CONDUCT
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| Attached is information concerning complaints received since 2002 on breaches of the Code of Conduct.
 | 06 07 05 ST i - (08) assessment of standards of conduct. DOWNLOAD |
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9. | STANDARDS BOARD FOR ENGLAND - NEWLETTERS 28 AND 29
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| To note the contents of these newsletters and to consider the suggestion in Newsletter 28 that Standards Committees should have more than one representative from Parish Councils.
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10. | INDEPENDENT MEMBERS
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| The Chairman to report on the Local Independent Member Forum and the National Association of Independent Members on Standards Committee.
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11. | DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS
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| 11 October 2006 Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman/ Annual Meeting with Parish Clerks
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| 24 January 2007
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| 21 March 2007
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12. | OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 6 above.
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13. | EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
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