Decision Maker: Standards Committee, Council
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
The Standards Committee RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL that the Procedure for Local Investigations of Referred Complaints be adopted and included in the Constitution, subject to the following amendments:
(a)
Introduction and Summary, second sentence:
“This procedure applies will apply to
the investigation of allegations of breaches of the
authority’s Code of Conduct for Members for both district
and parish councils by elected and co-opted members of
the authority and to breaches of the Parish Council Code of Conduct
by parish councillors, and the word ‘Councillor’ is to
be taken to refer to all such persons.”
(b) Paragraph 2(b)(ii): “The identity of the person making the allegation (unless on the rare occasion at the outset of the investigation where identification of the complainant might prejudice the investigation or put the complainant at risk, this grant of anonymity being subject to constant review)”;
(c)
Paragraph 2(f): “In notifying the Councillor
of receipt of the allegation, the Monitoring Officer shall request
the Councillor to respond to the Investigating Officer within
14 30 days of
notification…”
(d) Paragraph 3(d): “Following notification of the allegation to the Councillor…”;
(e) Paragraph 3(f)(iii), additional sentence: “All interviews will be tape-recorded.”;
(f)
Paragraph 3(g): “…such fees or
allowances as he considers to be appropriate all costs
incurred, fees and professional charges subject to the maxima set
by the authority”.
(g) The word “member” replaced with “councillor” throughout; and
(h) The word “shall” replaced with “will” throughout.
Report author: Fiona McMillan
Publication date: 10/11/2006
Date of decision: 08/11/2006
Decided at meeting: 08/11/2006 - Standards Committee
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