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Meeting Details

Meeting Summary
Hearings Sub-Committee
22 Oct 2018 - 18:30 to 20:15
Occurred
  • Documents
  • Attendance
  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda

Public Session
1 Election of Chairman
To elect a Chairman of the Sub-Committee
1
RESOLVED: that Councillor Robert Reade was elected Chairman of the Standards and Resources (Hearings) Sub Committee
2 Apologies

To receive any apologies for non-attendance.

2
Apologies were submitted on behalf of District Councillor I Ford and Parish Councillor P Davis
3 Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of interest.

3
There were no declarations of interest
4 Exclusion of Press and Public

To resolve that the Press and Public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items on the grounds that they are likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12(A) to the Local Government Act 1972.

Code of Conduct Complaint
4

RESOLVED: that the decision of the  Committee in the case of the complaint by Warren Fisher against Parish Councillor D Clifft - Essington Parish Council was:

  • that there was no breach of the rules regarding the Disclosable Pecuniary Interest Regulations on either the allegation about Wyrley Junior Football Club Limited or Essington  Independent Residents Group in that Councillor Clifft did not hold an office for gain or reward (as set out in the Regulations).
  • that accordance with paragraphs 20 and 21 of the Code of Conduct that there was no breach of the Code of Conduct in this case in that it would not have been reasonable or practicable in the circumstances for Councillor Clifft to have declared his membership of Essington Independent Residents Group as it would have factored into almost everything.
  • that Councillor Clifft was not been as open as possible about his actions, in relation to Wyrley Juniors Football Club Limited, he has therefore failed to act in accordance with Standard 5 concerning openness. He has not promoted leadership by example nor acted in a way that preserved the confidence of others. He has therefore failed to act in accordance with Standard 6 paragraph concerning leadership. He therefore breached the Code of Conduct.
Private Session
5 Code of Conduct Complaint - Standards and Resources (Hearings) Sub Committee
This item is exempt in accordance with Schedule 12A Local Government Act 1972
  • Information which is likely to reveal the identify of an individual;
  1. Appendix 1
    • Information which is likely to reveal the identify of an individual;
  2. Appendix 2
    • Information which is likely to reveal the identify of an individual;
  3. Appendix 3
    • Information which is likely to reveal the identify of an individual;
  4. Appendix 4
    • Information which is likely to reveal the identify of an individual;

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending Apology
No apology information has been recorded for the meeting.
Absent
NameReason for Absence
Phillip Davis 
Councillor Isabel Ford 

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

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