Agenda and draft minutes

Ethical Governance and Personnel Committee - Friday, 16 May 2025 2.00 pm

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Items
No. Item

11.

Apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

It was noted that, since preparation of the agenda, changes had been made by Annual Council as follows:

 

Councillor Green appointed chair of the committee

Councillor Pendlebury appointed vice-chair.

 

Apologies were submitted on behalf of Councillors Bray, Cartwright, J Crooks, W Crooks, Harris and Lynch as a result of it having been agreed with the chair and group leaders that only sufficient members to achieve a quorum would attend in order to adjourn the substantive items of business on the agenda.

12.

Minutes of previous meeting pdf icon PDF 123 KB

To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting.

Minutes:

It was moved by Councillor Pendlebury, seconded by Councillor Cook and

 

RESOLVED – consideration of the minutes of the previous meeting be deferred to the following meeting.

13.

Declarations of interest

To receive verbally from members any disclosures which they are required to make in accordance with the Council’s code of conduct or in pursuance of Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. This is in addition to the need for such disclosure to be also given when the relevant matter is reached on the agenda.

Minutes:

No interests were declared.

14.

Matters from which the public may be excluded

To consider the passing of a resolution under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 excluding the public from the undermentioned item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2 and 10 of Schedule 12A of the 1972 Act.

Minutes:

On the motion of Councillor Cook seconded by Councillor Pendlebury, it was

 

RESOLVED – in accordance with section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2 and 10 of Part I of Schedule 12A of that Act.

15.

Complaint 2024/26

Report of the independent investigator following a complaint about a parish councillor.

Minutes:

The subject member having notified the Monitoring Officer that they would be unable to attend the hearing, it was moved by Councillor Green, seconded by Councillor Cook and

 

RESOLVED – consideration of the investigation report into complaint 2024/26 be adjourned to a date to be confirmed.