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In accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the City & County of Swansea, no interests were declared.
Resolved that the Minutes of the Standards Committee held on 9 March 2022 be approved and signed as a correct record.
The Monitoring Officer presented a report to consider the Committee’s new duties and agree actions to ensure compliance. Resolved that the action plan as set out in paragraph 2.5 to ensure compliance with their new duties under legislation be approved.
The Monitoring Officer presented a report which set out the work of the Standards Committee during 2021-2022. Resolved that the Standards Committee Annual Report 2021-2022 be approved and forwarded to Council on 7 July 2022 for information.
The Monitoring Officer presented a “For Information” report to update the Committee on decisions made by the PSOW in relation to allegations that Local Authority and Community and Town Councillors had breached the Code of Conduct.
The Monitoring Officer presented a report to consider the Committee’s Work Plan and agree the items for consideration by the Standards Committee in 2022/23. Resolved that the Work plan outlined in Appendix 1 for the 2022/23 municipal year be approved.
The Committee was requested to exclude the public from the meeting during the consideration of the item(s) of business identified in the recommendation to the report on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as set out in the exemption paragraph of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007, relevant to the item(s) of business set out in the report. The Committee considered the Public Interest Test in deciding whether to exclude the public from the meeting for the item(s) of business where the Public Interest Test was relevant as set out in the report. Resolved that the public be excluded for the following items of business. (Closed Session)
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