There is no summary of this meeting yet. One is written once the council publishes the minutes. The agenda and papers are below.
Apologies received from P Griffiths
No declarations received
The minutes of the previous meeting held on Friday 04 April 2025 were shared with members of the Standards Committee to determine accuracy. The Chair then went through the Minutes for information and Standards Committee approval. It was agreed that the Minutes of the meeting held on Friday 04 April 2025 are a true record and be received for information.
Verbal update received from S Jones, Deputy Monitoring Officer. The Chair updated members that his meeting with the leader had been positive and productive and that further meetings with other leaders would take place in September. For continuity purposes the deputy chair will be attending the meetings.
The members received a verbal update from S Jones, Deputy Monitoring Officer. The Chair expressed concern regarding timelines and planned for further updates and discussions in the future.
Members were informed during the update that minutes from the meeting will be circulated with discussions taking place regarding cooling off periods.
Verbal update received from S Jones, Deputy Monitoring Officer. Members were informed that the monitoring officer or deputy monitoring officer were lead officers for whistleblowing.
Contents were noted Members requested that the role of standards be updated to reflect the local resolution policy and that the flowchart be updated to detail that there is no possibility of appeal.
Following recess the next meeting will take place on the 2pm 10th of October following Full Council.
No other items deemed urgent by the Chair
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Declarations are read from the minutes once they are published.
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