1 April 2009 - Agenda

COMMITTEE:       STANDARDS

VENUE:                Committee Room 1, Council Offices, Corks Lane, Hadleigh

DATE/TIME:         Wednesday, 1 April 2009 at 9.30 a.m.

A G E N D A

ITEM				BUSINESS
PART I
	1	ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN To elect a Chairman of the Standards Committee for the ensuing year.
	2	ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIRMAN To elect a Vice-Chairman of the Standards Committee for the ensuing year.
	3	APOLOGIES To receive apologies for absence (if any).
	4	DECLARATION OF INTERESTS Members to declare any interests as appropriate in respect of items to be considered at this meeting.
	5	MINUTES To confirm and sign as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 23 January, 2009.
	6	PETITIONS The Director of Corporate Services to report, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule No. 13, the receipt of any petitions submitted to the Chief Executive.
	7		QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS The Chairman to answer any questions on any matters in relation to which the Council has powers or duties which affect the District and which fall within the terms of reference of the Committee of which due notice has been given in accordance with Council Procedure Rule No. 15.4 – (a) and (b).
Paper H218	8		ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE      Report by the Monitoring Officer attached.
Paper H219	9		ANTI-CORRUPTION AND WHISTLEBLOWING POLICY Report by the Monitoring Officer attached.
	10		OBSERVATION OF PROCEEDINGS AT COMMITTEES Mr. P. Down to report on his attendance as an observer at the Development Committee’s meeting on 11 February 2009.
Paper H220	11		STANDARDS CASE REPORTS Report by the Monitoring Officer attached.
Paper H221	12		STANDARDS BOARD FOR ENGLAND BULLETIN (ISSUE 42) Report by the Monitoring Officer attached.
Paper H222	13		QUARTERLY MONITORING REPORT FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO MARCH 2009 Report by the Deputy Monitoring Officer attached.
	14		TRAINING FOR PARISH COUNCILLORS The Monitoring Officer to report that a training session entitled “Councillor Conduct – Complaints and How to Avoid Them” was held at Stoke-By-Nayland Club on 3 February 2009 and, apart from members of the Standards Committee and a representative of the Suffolk Association of Local Councils (SALC), was also attended by 9 parish councillors and one parish clerk representing 7 different parish councils. Members will also be asked to note that, in furtherance of the resolution of the Committee on 23 January 2009, the Chairman and the Monitoring Officer will be meeting the Chief Executive of SALC on 14 April 2009 to discuss the role of SALC in the promotion of ethical behaviour, including progress with the previously agreed production of a leaflet for Parish Councils entitled, “Standards Made Simple.”

Note:   At the conclusion of the meeting a training exercise published by the Standards Board on local assessments will be available for Members of the Committee.

For further information on any of the Part 1 items listed above, please contact Ray Amesbury, Senior Democratic Services Manager on Ipswich (01473) 825891 or via e-mail at ray.amesbury@babergh.gov.uk