Issue - meetings

Report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Corporate Direction) recommending an amendment to the Code of Conduct as endorsed by the Ethical Governance & Personnel Committee.

Consideration was given to a report which recommended amendments to the code of conduct for purposes of clarification. In response to a member’s question, it was noted that this wouldn’t affect parish councils as they were responsible for adopting their own code of conduct. It was moved by Councillor Wright, seconded by Councillor Camamile and

RESOLVED –

(i)            The deletion of paragraph 2.16(b)(ii) of the Code of Conduct be approved;

(ii)           The necessary amendment to paragraph 2.17 of the Code of Conduct to remove reference to paragraph 2.6.1 be approved.

Report of the Monitoring Officer.

Consideration was given to a report which recommended an amendment to the Code of Conduct following identification of an anomaly which required personal interests to be included in the register of interests. It was felt that this had not been the intention when the requirement to declare personal interests was included in the Code of Conduct in 2013 and that it would be more appropriate to declare these at the meeting due to the onerous and almost impossible task of foreseeing and subsequently recording these on the Register of Interests forms. It was moved by Councillor Camamile, seconded by Councillor Cartwright and

RESOLVED – the deletion of paragraph 2.16(b)(ii) and resulting amendment to paragraph 2.17 of the Code of Conduct be endorsed and RECOMMENDED to Council.