Agenda

Meeting

Standards and Governance Committee

To:

Councillors Clive Pearson (Chairman), Heather Phillips (Vice-Chair), Nick Brown, Sam Cross, Melanie Davis, David Ireton, Nigel Knapton, Monika Slater, Andy Solloway and Peter Wilkinson.

Independent Persons Gillian Baker, Hilary Gilbertson MBE, Louise Holroyd, Jamie Nelson and Richinda Taylor.

Date:

Friday, 20 June 2025

Time:

10.00 am

Venue:

Brierley Room - County Hall

 

 

Business

 

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1.  

Apologies for Absence

 

 

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2.  

Minutes of the Meeting Held on 14 March 2025

 

(Pages 3 - 8)

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3.  

Declarations of Interest

 

 

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4.  

Public Questions and Statements

 

 

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice and provided the text to Christine Phillipson christine.phillipson@northyorks.gov.uk no later than midday on Tuesday 17 June 2025, three working days before the meeting takes place. Each speaker should limit themselves to three minutes on any item. 

 

If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chair who will instruct those taking a recording to cease whilst you speak.

 

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5.  

Community Governance Review

 

(Pages 9 - 28)

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6.  

Local Ethical Framework Developments

 

(Pages 29 - 34)

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7.  

Members' Attendance at Committees 2024-2025

 

(Pages 35 - 40)

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8.  

Complaints Update

 

(Pages 41 - 58)

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9.  

Temporary Appointments to Parish Councils

 

(Pages 59 - 60)

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10.  

Standards Training Plan 2025-26

 

(Pages 61 - 64)

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11.  

Standards Bulletin

 

(Pages 65 - 78)

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12.  

Work Programme

 

(Pages 79 - 84)

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13.  

Any Other Items

 

 

Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances.

 

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Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. You may be interested in subscribing to updates about this or any other North Yorkshire Council committee.

 

Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public. Please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.

 

Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact the Democratic Services Officer (details below) prior to the start of the meeting.

 

 

Contact Details

 

For enquiries relating to this agenda and meeting please contact:

Christine Phillipson, Principal Democratic Services Officer

E-mail: christine.phillipson@northyorks.gov.uk

Tel: 01609 535941

Website: www.northyorks.gov.uk

 

 

Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

Legal and Democratic Services

County Hall

Northallerton

 

Thursday, 12 June 2025

 

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