Agenda

Meeting

Standards and Governance Committee

Venue:

The Brierley Room, County Hall, Northallerton

Date:

Wednesday, 26 June 2024

Time:

3.00 pm

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

Independent Persons for Standards: Gillian Baker, Hilary Gilbertson, Louise Holroyd, Roy Martin, James Nelson and Richinda Taylor.

 

 

Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. Please contact the Democratic Services Officer whose details are at the foot of the first page of the agenda if you would like to find out more.

 

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Recording is allowed at North Yorkshire 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, a copy of which is available from Democratic Services. Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact, prior to the start of the meeting, the Democratic Services Officer whose details are at the foot of the first page of the Agenda.  We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.

 

Business

 

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1.  

Welcome and Introductions

 

 

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2.  

Minutes of the Last Meetings on 15th March and 9th April 2024

 

(Pages 3 - 16)

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3.  

Apologies for Absence

 

 

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4.  

Declarations of Interest

 

 

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5.  

Public Participation

 

 

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice (including the text of the question/statement) to Christine Phillipson of Democratic Services (contact details at the foot of page 1 of the agenda sheet) by midday on Friday 21st June 2024. Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item. Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak:-

 

·         at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes); or

 

·         when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting.

 

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6.  

Local Ethical Framework Developments

 

(Pages 17 - 22)

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7.  

Standards Hearings Panel Procedure

 

(Pages 23 - 64)

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8.  

Complaints Update

 

(Pages 65 - 76)

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9.  

Feedback from Independent Persons re External Training Attended

 

 

Verbal Update from the Independent Persons.

 

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10.  

Standards Training Plan 2024/2025

 

(Pages 77 - 80)

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11.  

Committee Attendance

 

(Pages 81 - 86)

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12.  

Parish and Town Council Support

 

(Pages 87 - 90)

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13.  

Temporary Appointments Process

 

(Pages 91 - 94)

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14.  

Temporary Appointment to  Hellifield Parish Council

 

(Pages 95 - 100)

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15.  

Temporary Appointment to  Irton Parish Council

 

(Pages 101 - 106)

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16.  

Standards Bulletin

 

(Pages 107 - 118)

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17.  

Work Programme

 

(Pages 119 - 126)

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18.  

Urgent Business

 

 

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19.  

Date of the Next Meeting

 

 

There is an additional meeting convened on 15th July 2024 at 10am in Meeting Room 2 at County Hall, Northallerton. The next scheduled meeting is then Friday 6th September 2024 at 2pm.

 

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Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

Legal and Democratic Services

 

County Hall

Northallerton

 

18th June 2024

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