Agenda and draft minutes

Standards (Review) Sub Committee - DISCONTINUED - Tuesday, 28th January, 2020 10.00 am

Venue: Keats Room, Guildhall, Winchester

Contact: David Blakemore, Democratic Services Team Manager  Tel: 01962 848 217 Email:  dblakemore@winchester.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chairperson

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

            That Councillor Power be appointed Chairperson for the meeting.

 

2.

Disclosure of Interests

To receive any disclosure of interests from Members and Officers in matters to be discussed.

 

Note:  Councillors are reminded of their obligations to declare disclosable pecuniary interests, or personal and prejudicial interests, in accordance with the Code of Conduct.  If you require advice, please contact the appropriate Democratic Services Officer, prior to the meeting.

Minutes:

Councillor Miller made a personal statement that he was a former Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Estates and his previous involvement in this role did not preclude him from considering the item.

 

3.

Review of Assessment of Complaints Relating to a City Councillor

(Report SSC049)

Minutes:

(Report SSC049 refers)

 

The Review Sub-Committee agreed that consideration of the review of assessment of complaints relating to a City Councillor should be taken in exempt session, by virtue of Paragraph 1 and 2 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as the complaint referred to personal information (detail in Exempt Minute and attached Decision Notice).

 

4.

Exempt Business

To consider whether in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

(i)         To pass a resolution that the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following items of business because it is likely that, if members of the public were present, there would be disclosure to them of 'exempt information' as defined by Section 100 (I) and Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

                                   

           Item - 5                                                                                          Para No 1 &2

 of Schedule12A

to the Act giving description of

exempt information giving rise

to the exclusion of the public

                                                                                         

Review of Assessment of Complaints relating to a City Councillor                                    

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

1.         That in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

2.         That the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following items of business because it is likely that, if members of the public were present, there would be disclosure to them of ‘exempt information’ as defined by Section 100I and Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

 

Minute

Number

Item

 

Description of

Exempt Information

 

 

 

 

 

Review of Assessment of Complaints relating to a City Councillor

 

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

 

Information relating to any individual. (Para 1 Schedule 12A refers)

 

Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual. (Para 2 Schedule 12A refers)

 

 
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Members of the public may speak at this meeting, provided they have registered to speak three working days in advance. Please contact Democratic Services via democracy@winchester.gov.uk or (01962) 848 264 to register to speak and for further details - which can also be found on the individual meeting agenda front sheets.

 

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