Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Meeting Room 12, Priory House, Monks Walk, Shefford

Contact: Jonathon Partridge  0300 300 4634

Items
No. Item

1.

Election of Chairman

To elect a Chairman for the meeting.

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED that Councillor R Wenham be elected Chairman for the Hearing.

 

 

2.

Members' Interests

To receive from Members any declarations of interest.

Minutes:

 

It was noted that Cllr Shingler was precluded from the hearing due to a personal/prejudicial interest.

 

 

3.

Procedure for the Hearing of Referrals from the Monitoring Officer pdf icon PDF 55 KB

The Chairman to explain that, to ensure a fair and consistent approach is adopted at the hearing, which follows the principles of natural justice, the Sub-Committee will follow the procedure set out in the attached written document. The findings of fact and alleged failure to follow the Code of Conduct will be dealt with together.

Minutes:

 

Noted

 

 

4.

Exclusion of Press and Public

To consider whether to pass a resolution under section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the Press and Public from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that the consideration of the item is likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act.

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED to pass a resolution under section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the Press and Public from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that the consideration of the item was likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act.

 

 

 

5.

Consideration of two Complaints made against a Ward Councillor

To consider the referral from the Monitoring Officer in connection with two complaints made against a Central Bedfordshire Councillor in accordance with Part 5B: Arrangements for Dealing with Standards Allegations Under the Localism Act 2011 and Hearing Procedure for the General Purposes Standards Sub-Committee.

Decision notices (attached) pdf icon PDF 951 KB

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