3 Standards and Personnel Appeals Committee Work Plan 2021 - 2022 PDF 106 KB
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Members were asked to consider the proposed Standards and Personnel
Appeals Committee Work Plan for the next municipal year and consider the
inclusion of any additional items as required.
The Director of Legal and Governance (and Monitoring Officer) advised that the Work Plan included standard items which were considered by the Committee annually but also included additional, one-off, items that required particular consideration as the need arose:
Quarterly Complaint Update
Standard Item.
Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
This item would be worked on in the next couple of months through an Informal Working Group with a detailed report being submitted to Committee in September 2021.
The new Members’ Code of Conduct, a hybrid version of the Council’s last version and the Local Government Association’s new Member Code, had now been approved by Council and a review of the Council’s process for handling Code of Conduct Standards Complaints was due to commence imminently.
Members Training Policy and Programme
A report was due to be considered later on the agenda.
Politically Restricted Posts
Approval was sought to review and update the list of politically restricted posts following an agreed consultation.
Use of Resources Policy
A previously drafted (but not finalised) Policy was due to be revisited in October 2021 in light of the revised Code of Conduct.
Review of the Nottinghamshire Authorities Protocol with Nottinghamshire Police
Having been delayed due to the pandemic, the Protocol which dealt with the
reporting of potential breaches of the Code of Conduct relating to Disclosable
Pecuniary Interests was due to be reviewed in December 2021.
Whistleblowing Policy
Standard Item.
Annual Review of the Workplan
Standard Item.
Constitution Review
Standard Item.
Members took the opportunity to debate the proposed Workplan as follows:
RESOLVED
that the Standards and Personnel Appeals Committee Work Plan for 2021/22,
as appended to the report, be approved.