The purpose of the committee
is:
1.
To promote and maintain high standards of conduct by
councillors, co-opted members and church and parent governor
representatives.
2.
To assist councillors, co-opted members and church
and parent governor representatives to observe the members’
code of conduct.
3.
To advise the council on the adoption or revision of
the members’ code of conduct, the member and officer protocol
and the communication protocol.
4.
To monitor the operation of the members’ code
of conduct, the member and officer protocol and the communication
protocol.
5.
To advise, train or arrange to train councillors,
co-opted members and church and parent governor representatives on
matters relating to the members’ code of conduct.
6.
To deal with any complaints referred to it and any
report from the monitoring officer on any matter which is referred
to him or her.
7.
To receive reports from the monitoring officer on
unlawful expenditure and probity issues.
8.
To receive reports from the statutory officers under
the council’s whistle blowing policy.
9.
To provide strategic oversight
on the use of the powers regulated by the Regulation of
Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and to receive reports on operational
use at least once a quarter.
10.
To consider the withholding of allowances from
individual members (including elected members and co-opted members)
in whole or in part for non-attendance at meetings, or, for elected
members only, for failure to attend required training.
11.
To establish the following
sub-committees:
- to consider
complaints of misconduct against elected councillors and co-opted
members
- to consider civic
awards.
Matters reserved for decision
12.
The matters reserved for
decision to the committee are as set out in the roles and functions
other than those functions delegated to the relevant
sub-committee.
Matters reserved for decision by the
standards (conduct) sub-committee
13.
To consider complaints of
misconduct against elected councillors and co-opted
members.
Matters reserved for decision by the
standards (civic awards) sub-committee
14.
To grant civic
awards.
15.
To consider the process by
which the decisions with respect to civic awards applications are
to be taken and to make recommendations to the standards
committee.
16.
To appoint non-voting co-opted
members.