Agenda and minutes

Standards Committee - Wednesday, 7th March 2007 2.00 pm

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Venue: Director of Customer, Democratic and Legal Services office, Town Hall, Chorley

Contact: Ruth Hawes

Items
No.	Item
9.	Apologies for absence Minutes: An apology for absence was submitted on behalf of Councillor Thomas Bedford.
10.	Declarations of Any Interests Members of the Committee are reminded of their responsibility to declare any personal interest in respect of matters contained in this agenda in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act 2000, the Council’s Constitution and the Members Code of Conduct. If the personal interest is a prejudicial interest, then the individual Member should not participate in a discussion on the matter and must withdraw from the room and not seek to influence a decision on the matter. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest by Members relating to the items on the agenda.
11.	Minutes PDF 31 KB To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of Standards Committee held on 9th February 2007 (enclosed). Minutes: RESOLVED - That the minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee held on 9th February 2007 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.
12.	Local Hearing Sub-Committee To appoint a Local Hearing Sub-Committee. Minutes: The Chair advised that a Local Hearing Sub-Committee was required to deal with a Local Hearing scheduled to take place on 20 March 2007. As the Parish Council representative on the Standards Committee was conflicted out another Parish Council representative, Mr Cranshaw, had been invited to be a co-opted member of the Sub-Committee on this occasion. The Parish Council clerks had consulted on this. RESOLVED - That the members of the Local Hearing Sub-Committee be: Mr Ellwood (Independent Chair), Councillor Thomas Bedford, Mr Darren Cranshaw (Parish Council representative), and Councillor Thomas McGowan (Reserve).
13.	Any other item(s) that the Chair decides is/are urgent Minutes: The Chair advised that the Standards Board for England would be holding road shows. Part of the road shows would be to share advice and experience on changes to the Code of Conduct and give information on the forthcoming filter for complaints. These would be held in Liverpool on 6 June and Leeds on 7 June. Any members of the Standards Committee wishing to attend the road shows were requested make arrangements via the Democratic Services officer.