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Notice of Meeting STANDARDS COMMITTEE
Date and time
of Meeting THURSDAY 23RD JUNE, 2022 AT 10.30 A.M.
Venue REMOTE MEETING
Agenda
PART I
1. Appointment of Chair.
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2. Appointment of Vice-Chair.
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3. Apologies for absence.
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4. Minutes of the Meeting held on 17th March, 2022.
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5. To receive declarations of interest.
(Note: Members seeking advice on this item are asked to contact the Monitoring Officer at least 48 hours before the meeting).
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Reports of the Monitoring Officer / Head of Legal and Democratic Services –
6. Applications for Dispensation. [View Applications received after Agenda Dispatch]
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7. Observations by Independent Members of Town and Community Council Committee Meetings.
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8. Feedback Report following Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards Framework Training to Vale of Glamorgan Councillors and Lay / Co-opted Members by the Monitoring Officer and Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards Framework Training to Town and Community Councils by the Monitoring Officer and One Voice Wales.
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9. Monitoring Officer Meetings with Clerks of Town and Community Councils.
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10. Matters for consideration: Meeting with Group Leaders, All Wales Standards Forum, Progress with Regard to the Richard Penn Report Recommendations, Update on the Welsh Government Consultation on the Standards of Conduct Statutory Guidance and Expressions of Interest for the Community Council Representative on the Standards Committee.
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11. Correspondence with the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.
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12. Any items which the Chairman has decided are urgent (Part I).
PART II
THE PUBLIC AND PRESS MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM THE MEETING DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEM(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 100A(4) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972.
Report of the Monitoring Officer / Head of Legal and Democratic Services –
13. Correspondence with the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.
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14. Any items which the Chairman has decided are urgent (Part II).
Rob Thomas
Chief Executive
17th June 2022
A Version of this Agenda is Available in Welsh
Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985
Inspection of background papers: In the first instance, enquiries should be made of K. Bowen (Tel: 01446 709856).
E-mail: democratic@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
To Members of the Standards Committee
Councillors: R.M. Birch, J.E. Charles and C.P. Franks.
Independent Members:
R. Alexander
P. Hallett
R. Hendicott
L. Tinsley
G. Watkins
Town and Community Council Representative:
(Vacant)
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