REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR – LEGAL AND COMMUNITY/MONITORING OFFICER
For Full Council to agree an amendment to the Standards Committee membership (7.2.2), increasing the maximum non-voting co-optee numbers to four and thereafter to confirm the appointment of two further co-optees to the Standards Committee (bringing the current numbers to three).
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Decision:
RESOLVED:
(1) That Paragraph 7.2.2 of the Constitution be amended, to a maximum of four Parish Council co-optees as non-voting members of the Standards Committee;
(2) That Councillor Dr Julie Magill MBE (Barkway Parish Council) and Councillor Amy Bourke-Waite (Royston Town Council) be appointed as non-voting co-optee members to the Standards Committee.
REASON FOR DECISIONS: The increase in co-optee numbers will widen the engagement and further promote the ethical standards message in the District. This also ensures that there is Parish/Town or Community Council in-put into the Standards Committee and Sub-Committees (as may be required).
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Audio recording – 29 Minutes 57 seconds
The Service Director – Legal and Community/Monitoring Officer presented the report entitled Minor Amendment Standards Committee Co-Optee Numbers and Appointment of Parish/Town Representatives to Standards Committee
It was proposed by Councillor Judi Billing, seconded by Councillor Ruth Brown and:
RESOLVED:
(1) That Paragraph 7.2.2 of the Constitution be amended, to a maximum of four Parish Council co-optees as non-voting members of the Standards Committee;
(2) That Councillor Dr Julie Magill MBE (Barkway Parish Council) and Councillor Amy Bourke-Waite (Royston Town Council) be appointed as non-voting co-optee members to the Standards Committee.
REASON FOR DECISIONS: The increase in co-optee numbers will widen the engagement and further promote the ethical standards message in the District. This also ensures that there is Parish/Town or Community Council in-put into the Standards Committee and Sub-Committees (as may be required).