Meeting documents

Standards Committee
Tuesday, 14th December, 2010

About

Tuesday 14 December 2010 at 6pm. Council Chamber, Council Offices, Llangefni.

Please note: due to the nature of these documents, some are not fully accessible for people with visual impairments and cannot be read by 'screen reader'.

Members

Independent Members

Mr Jeffrey Cotterell
Mrs Pamela Moore
Mr Robert Hugh Gray Morris
Ms Sue Morris
Prof Robin Grove-White

Town and Community Council Representative

Councillor Raymond Evans

County Council Representatives

Councillor J.Arwel Roberts
Councillor Ieuan Williams
Councillor Trefor Lloyd Hughes

Agenda

1. Declaration of Interest

To receive any declaration of interest from any Member or Officer in respect of any item of business.

2. Minutes

To submit for confirmation, Minutes of the meeting held on 8th June 2010.
(Enclosure A)

3. Review of Planning Matters Procedure Rules

To receive a report by the Legal Services Manager and Head of Service (Planning and Public Protection) on the proposed amended rules.
(Enclosure B)

4. Draft Information Protocol

To receive a report and presentation by the Corporate Information Officer.
(Enclosure C)

5. Draft Policy for Criminal Records Bureau Checks

To receive a report and presentation by Rhys Hughes (Senior Solicitor / Child Care)
(Enclosure CH)

6. Conduct Complaints to the Ombudsman

To receive a report, for information purposes, from the Customer Care Officer.
(Enclosure D) - awaiting document

7. Ombudsman's Report and Adjudication Panel Decision Re: Former County Councillor Phil Fowlie

To receive for information a copy of the Ombudsman's report, together with a Summary of its main findings and a copy of the Interim Managing Director's Letter to ITV Wales This Week dated 12th November 2010.
(Enclosure DD)

8. New Training and Development Plan for Members

To receive for information a copy of the report presented to the Council on the 9th December 2010 by the Member Development Champion / Chair of the Member Development Working Group.
(Enclosure E)

9. Reports from the Chair of the Standards Committee

To receive verbal reports regarding:

9.1 The Chair's presentation to the All Wales Standards Committee Conference held on 14th October 2010.
(Enclosure F)

9.2 The outcome of the Chair's report to the full Council on the 9th December 2010 with regard to the threshold for acceptance of gifts by Members;
(Enclosure FF)

9.3 To discuss the Chair's presentation to Town and Community Councillors on 12th January 2011 regarding their training requirements;

10. Dates of meetings

To confirm the dates for the formal and informal meetings of the Standards Committee in 2011 and agree agenda items for the first informal meeting. Copy of Standards Committee Work Programme attached. Suggested items for next meeting highlighted.
(Enclosure G)