Issue - meetings

To consider a verbal report by the Monitoring Officer detailing the issues discussed at the last meeting of the North Wales Standards Committee held on 4 October 2012.

The Monitoring Officer (MO) explained that the North Wales Standards Committee provided a forum for the Monitoring Officers, Chairs and Vice Chairs of the six North Wales local authorities to discuss matters of common interest.

The main topics discussed at the last meeting of the forum held on 4 October focused on –

·        the Ombudsman’s revised guidance on the Code of Conduct for Elected Members, including the High Court case which overturned the Adjudication Panel’s decision (discussed under the previous agenda item), and

·        the collective hosting by the North Wales authorities of the All Wales Standards Conference 2013 (to be discussed under the next agenda item).

RESOLVED that the verbal report by the Monitoring Officer on issues discussed at the last meeting of the North Wales Standards Committee be noted.