Agenda

Standards Committee - Friday, 2 March 2018 10.00 am, CANCELLED

Venue: Council Chamber, County Hall, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin LL15 1YN

Items
No.	Item
	PART 1: THE PRESS AND PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS PART OF THE MEETING
1.	APOLOGIES
2.	DECLARATION OF INTERESTS PDF 115 KB Members to declare any personal or prejudicial interests in any business identified to be considered at this meeting.
3.	URGENT MATTERS AS AGREED BY THE CHAIR Notice of items which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency pursuant to Section 100B(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972.
4.	MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING PDF 381 KB To receive the minutes of the Standards Committee meeting held on 22 September 2017 (copy enclosed).
5.	PUBLIC SERVICES OMBUDSMAN FOR WALES - CODE OF CONDUCT CASEBOOK PDF 200 KB To consider a report by the Monitoring Officer (copy enclosed) informing members of the most recent edition of the Ombudsman’s Code of Conduct Casebook. Additional documents: CodeofConductCasebookEngIssue14October2017 , item 5. PDF 547 KB
6.	LLANBEDR DC COMMUNITY COUNCIL DISPENSATION REQUEST PDF 110 KB To consider a report by the Monitoring Officer (copy attached) regarding an application for a dispensation made by members of Llanbedr DC Community Council. Additional documents: App1toStandardsCommitteedispensationreport , item 6. PDF 81 KB ExtractfromDispensationRegs17616939AM , item 6. PDF 128 KB
7.	LAY MEMBER REMUNERATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES PDF 205 KB To consider a report by the Democratic Service Manager (copy enclosed) on lay-member remuneration and responsibilities. Additional documents: ReporttoStandardsonRemunerationAppendix1 , item 7. PDF 74 KB
8.	ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS To note the attendance by members of the Standards Committee at County, Town and Community Council and to receive their reports.
9.	STANDARDS COMMITTEE FORWARD WORK PROGRAMME PDF 100 KB To consider the Standards Committee Forward Work Programme (copy attached).
10.	DATE OF NEXT MEETING The next meeting of the Standards Committee is scheduled for 29 June 2018.
	PART 2: CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS It is recommended in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, that the Press and Public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item(s) of business because it is likely that exempt information (as defined in paragraph 12 and 13 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A of the Act would be disclosed.
11.	CODE OF CONDUCT - PART 3 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2000 View the reasons why item 11. is restricted To consider a confidential report by the Monitoring Officer (copy enclosed) providing an overview of complaints against members lodged with the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.