Agenda
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Meeting |
Standards and Governance Committee |
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Councillors Clive Pearson (Chair), Nick Brown, Melanie Davis, Kevin Foster, David Ireton, Nigel Knapton, Mike Schofield, Monika Slater, Andy Solloway and , Peter Wilkinson. Independent Persons Gillian Baker, Louise Holroyd, Jamie Nelson and Richinda Taylor. |
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Date: |
Friday, 13 March 2026 |
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Time: |
10.00 am |
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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 11 February 2026 |
(Pages 3 - 8) |
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To approve the minutes of the previous meeting.
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3. |
Declarations of Interest
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Public Questions/Statements |
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Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice and provided the text to Democratic Services Officer (details below) no later than midday on Tuesday, 10 March 2026, three working days before the day of the meeting.
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. |
Annual Report of the Standards and Governance Committee
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(Pages 9 - 16) |
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Temporary Appointments Report
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(Pages 17 - 18) |
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Approach to Sensitive Interests Under Localism Act 2011
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(Pages 19 - 20) |
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Local Ethical Framework Developments
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(Pages 21 - 26) |
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9. |
Dispensation Request from Councillor Dadd
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(Pages 27 - 34) |
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10. |
Community Governance Review Dispensation Requests
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(Pages 35 - 40) |
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11. |
Complaints Update
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(Pages 41 - 54) |
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12. |
Standards Training Plan
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(Pages 55 - 58) |
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Standards Bulletin
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(Pages 59 - 72) |
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Work Programme
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(Pages 73 - 80) |
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15. |
Any Other Business |
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Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances.
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Date of the Next Meeting |
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The date of the next scheduled Standards and Governance Committee meeting is Friday 19 June at 10am. There will however need to be an additional Committee meeting convened, at a date to be confirmed, in early July to consider the stage 2 results and final proposals of the Community Governance Review ahead of Full Council on 15 July 2026.
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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.
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Contact Details |
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For enquiries relating to this agenda and meeting please contact: Name, Christine Phillipson, Principal Democratic Services Officer E-mail: christine.phillipson@northyorks.gov.uk Tel: 01609 535941
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive