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A
A
There's
no
late
items
of
business
but
as
a
memoir,
we
have
been
circulated
the
reasons
why
complaints
may
be
invalid.
Okay,
it's
on
your
desk
okay
item
for
declaration
of
interest,
nope.
B
A
A
What
does
this
mean?
The
government
have
not
yet
responded
to
the
report
or
changed
their
position.
C
Thank
you
chair.
This
is
the
recommendation
from
the
committee
and
standards
in
public
life
concerning
the
requirements
of
members
to
have
their
home
address,
published
as
a
registrable
interest
under
the
disclosable
pecuniary
interest
rules.
C
The
committee
on
standards
in
public
life
did
make
a
recommendation
that
members
shouldn't
be
required
to
make
such
decorations
in
the
same
way
as
mps
don't
and
also
to
link
him
with
the
elections
requirements
where
it's
a
choice.
Whether
members
put
their
home
address
on
their
nomination
form.
A
A
Okay,
having
just
filled
in
a
nomination
paper
for
my
election,
that
there
is
a
question,
would
you
like
your
personal
address,
not
to
be
on
the
ballot
paper,
so
I
I
don't
know
what's
happening
there.
D
There's
I'm
sorry.
B
D
I
think
there's
also
generally
been
made
that
counselors
on
the
register
of
interests
on
the
council
website.
The
address
is
with
generally
withheld,
unless
we
specifically
request
it
to
be
put
on
is.
E
A
A
Sorry!
For
that
little
interruption.
I
did
ask
members
if
they
wish
the
blinds
to
be
removed
to
be
out
loud
right,
so
we've
got
on
page
seven.
We've
dealt
with
that.
B
A
A
Do
do
do
members
agree
that
these
are
a
correct
record.
A
Thank
you
right
agenda
item,
seven,
the
annual
report
of
the
monitoring
officer
to
their
standards
and
conduct
committee.
C
Can
I
introduce
that
chair?
Please
really.
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
four
or
five
things.
Firstly,
on
page
16,
paragraph
12.,
this
goes
back
to
the
sensitive
interest
discussion
that
we
were
just
having.
I
just
wanted
to
confirm
that
the
the
monitoring
officer
did
take
a
decision
following
the
tragic
murder
of
sir
david
amos
to
remove
members
home
addresses
from
the
public
register
and
a
few
members.
A
handful
of
members
did
then
request
for
their
home
address
to
be
added
back
in
and
obviously
that
is
their.
C
That
is
their
right
to
ask
that
to
be
changed
in
that
way,
and
so
I
think
we
were
very
much
on
the
front
foot
with
this.
It
was,
I
think,
the
monday
after
the
the
tragic
incident
and
then
a
number
of
other
local
authorities
we
found
were
in
step
with
leeds
as
well.
So
I
thought
that
was
worth
drawing
to
the
committee's
attention,
paragraph
22
on
page
17.
C
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
to
members
that
there
was
one
additional
dispensation
that
was
granted
to
an
elected
member
during
the
year,
that
was
to
council
andrew
carter
for
a
matter
of
executive
board,
and
that
matter
actually
has
led
to
one
of
the
recommendations.
C
That's
before
committee
today,
in
terms
of
the
amendments
to
the
to
the
code
of
conduct
that
have
been
proposed
on
pages
18
and
19.
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
to
members
that
complaint
reference
one
and
complaint
reference.
Seven
are
from
the
same
individual
about
the
same
member.
C
Obviously
it's
very
difficult
to
talk
about
specifics
of
complaints
in
in
open
committee,
but
I
think
that's
worth
drawing
to
the
committee's
attention.
We
are
aware
of
the
stress
and
concern
that
members
have
when
they're
subject
to
complaint
and
when
there
is
the
potential
for
vexatious
complaints,
it's
certainly
something
that
the
office
is
taking
to
take
into
account
parish,
complaints
on
page
20,
paragraph
39.
C
I
just
wanted
to
draw
to
your
attention
that
all,
but
one
of
the
complaints
listed
here
relate
to
matters
within
the
same
parish,
council
and
in
the
main,
from
members
of
that
parish,
council
and
just
to
reassure
members
that
the
monitoring
officer
is
in
the
process
of
writing
to
the
clerk,
with
some
suggestions
as
to
how
to
the
relationship
issues
in
that
particular
parish.
Council
might
be
addressed
proactively
and
then.
C
Finally,
as
always
do
on
this
report
on
page
22
paragraphs,
51
and
52,
I
just
wanted
to
reiterate
my
thanks
to
gordon
and
those
of
catherine
and
nicole
for
the
speed
at
which
he's
helped
us
to
consider
complaints
during
the
year.
Pure
assistance
is
very
much
welcome.
Gordon.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you
very
much
andy.
I
know
that
the
number
of
complaints
from
on
city
councils
has
fallen
quite
substantially
and
it'd
be
interesting.
If
you
had
any
thought
on
why
that
is
the
case,
maybe
I
wonder,
if
being
out
and
about
less
because
of
lockdown
has
meant
there's
been
less
interaction,
which
is
actually
a
bad
thing
and
also
just
on
the
on
the
parish
councillors.
D
I'm
sure
we
had
it
in
last
year's
report,
but
it's
not
in
this
report.
I
don't
think
how
many
complaints
were
last
year
for
paris
councillors.
Sorry
if
I've
missed
it
so
just
wondering
if
that's
had
the
same
directional
travel.
Thank
you.
C
Yeah,
I
picked
those
two
up
in
terms
of
the
last
point.
Last
time
the
monitoring
officer
reported
seven
complaints
relating
to
paris
and
town
councillors,
and
there
were
eight
this
year,
but
just
going
back
to
the
comments
I
made
previously,
there
is
a
substantial
number
of
complaints
that
have
been
generated
with
from
members
within
the
same
parish
council.
So
I
think
that
is
a
bit
of
an
outlier
in
terms
of
the
the
complaints
about
lead
city
councillors.
C
It's
interesting
because
actually
there
are
eight
substantive
issues
that
were
complained
about
last
year,
although
there
were
41
complaints,
a
large
number
of
those
related
to
the
same
incident,
whereas
this
year
we
have,
we
have
nine,
although
two
of
those
complaints
have
come
from
the
same
individual
about
the
same
member.
So
I
I
don't
think
there's
a
huge
amount
of
difference.
To
be
honest,.
B
C
C
We
routinely
exceed
that,
so
they
turn
around
a
lot
quicker,
often
within
a
couple
of
weeks.
This
particular
complaint
because
it
is
a
as
I
explained
about
the
same
member
from
the
same
individual.
It's
actually
been
looked
at
because
nicole
and
I
have
have
looked
at
the
complaints.
Previously,
it's
been
looked
at
by
a
colleague
on
behalf
of
catherine
and
I
don't
think
that
piece
of
work
has
been
completed
yet.
E
No,
my
colleague,
is
he's
having
a
having
an
objective.
Second,
second,
look
at
that
or
third
look
at
that,
and
then
I'm
going
to
make
an
another
assessment
on
it.
So
it's
been
quite
a
complex
piece
of
piece
of
work
and
quite
a
lengthy.
So
I'm
I'm
thinking
that
probably
we
haven't
met
the
four-week
target
in
that
case,
but
that
is
quite
unusual
and,
as
andy
says,
we
we
do
usually
meet
that
and
exceed
that
target.
A
I
just
want
to
frame
my
words
carefully
because
I
don't
want
to
add
any
prejudice
to
the
com,
complaint
or
problem,
but
there
is
a
an
ex
external
review.
I'll
put
it
like
that
into
this
complaint,
and
that
has
held
up
the
council
from
making
further
investigations.
A
Has
anyone
else
anything
to
ask
or
comment?
I
refer
to
page
17
on
page
22,
members
may
remember
at
a
council
meeting
councillor
carter
made
a
point
of
personal
explanation,
and,
and
this
is
to
resolve
this
happening
again,
would
you
comment
further.
C
C
C
C
That
was
a
factor
that
that
certainly
the
leader
of
council
wanted
the
monitoring
officer
to
have
another
look
at
with
the
benefit
of
the
code
being
in
place
for
another
sort
of
reasonable
period
and
nicole's
report
later
on.
The
agenda
is
the
result
of
that
review.
A
All
right,
I
I
think
that's
oh
right
item
eight.
F
You
chair
I'm
going
to
present
that
so
item
8
is
at
page
23
of
your
agenda.
Members
and
you'll
recall
that
full
council
adopted
the
lga,
the
local
government
association's
model
code
of
conduct
in
march
last
year
and
that
took
effect
from
may
the
20th
of
may
last
year
because
it
was
considered
that
there
were
considerable
benefits
in
the
council
adopting
that
model
code
in
order
that
the
council
could
play
its
part
in
achieving
consistency
of
standards
across
the
country.
F
Since
then,
the
lga
have
made
some
further
amendments
to
their
model
code
in
order
to
add
further
clarification
to
it.
The
amendments
really
fall
into
three
categories
and
they
are
those
to
insert
missing
text
from
the
code,
those
that
were
considered
to
be
required
to
add
further
clarity,
especially
to
the
executive
arrangement
section
and
also
those
required
to
reflect
guidance
on
other
registrable
interests
and
to
just
make
those
a
little
bit
more
clearer
for
members.
F
So
this
report
proposes
and
recommends
that
committee
agree
and
accept
those
amendments
that
are
incorporated
into
our
code.
F
In
addition,
since
the
adoption
and
as
we've
just
heard,
a
review
of
the
application
of
the
new
code
has
been
completed
and
it
did
conclude
that
there
was
some
unintended
consequences
from
that
and
they're
the
ones
that
andy
has
kindly
explained
for
me,
and
that
is
where
a
member
is
in
a
position
of
general
control
or
management
of
a
body,
but
only
because
they've
been
nominated
or
appointed
to
such
a
position
by
this
council
and
the
the
court
would
otherwise
require
that
member
to
disclose
an
interest
and
perhaps
not
take
part
or
be
able
to
discuss
that
item
on
on
an
agenda.
F
So
in
order
to
avoid
such
circumstances
arising
going
forward.
It's
therefore
proposed
as
part
of
these
recommendations
that
the
current
code
disapplies
that
requirement
for
other
registered
interests
or
non-registerable
interests
in
those
circumstances,
so
that
that
would
avoid
the
need
for
members
having
to
request
a
dispensation
like
what
what
happened
in
the
circumstance
around
councillor
carter.
F
F
All
the
other
amendments
which
are
also
in
red
track
chain
and
track
changes
they're
the
ones
that
flow
from
the
lga's
code
model
code
changes.
Group
leaders
have
all
been
consulted
on
these
proposals
and
they
are
in
unanimous
support
of
them.
So
on
that
basis,
committee
is
asked
to
consider
all
the
proposed
amendments
and
recommend
to
general
purposes
committee
that
full
that
it
recommends
to
full
council
that
adopts
them
happy
to
take
any
questions.
If
members
have
any.
D
Thank
you
just
just
on
this.
This
amendment
I
just
want
to
which
one
the
the
paragraph
7
11
on
page
39
of
the
of
the
pack,
so
I
understand
the
context
which
has
been
applied
for
councillor
carter
and
now
it
would
apply
for
across
the
board.
So,
for
example,
I'm
on
the
leeds
united
foundation
and
if
something
came
to
the
inner
south
community
committee,
I
could
speak
and
vote
on
that
in
terms
of
if
they
applied
for
funding.
Is
that
is
that
correct.
F
Yes,
so
if
you've
been
nominated
to
that
to
that
body
through
through
a
council
nomination
or
appointment,
then
yes,
that
would
disapply.
F
So
what
is
being
disapplied
is
the
the
code
at
the
moment
says
if
you
have
a
other
registral
interest,
which
is
just
what
you've
described
counselor,
then
if
you
were
dealing
with
a
matter
on
in
your
role
as
a
counselor
on
a
committee,
you
would
need
to
declare
that
interest
and
depending
on
whether
other
members
or
other
members
of
the
public
were
allowed
to
speak
or
whether
a
specific
test
was
met,
which
is
about
whether
I'll
just
read
it
exactly
because
the
wording
is
quite
the
word
is
quite
thorough.
F
Just
get
the
right
page
yeah,
so
if
it,
if
it
affected
your
your
registrable
interest-
and
it
was
viewed
that
it
affected
it
more
than
other
members
of
award
and
that
a
reasonable
member
of
the
public
would
thereby
believe
your
view
of
the
public
interest
would
be
affected,
you
would
be
restricted
from
speaking
as
the
as
the
court
is
currently
drafted.
F
What
this
amendment
proposes
is
that
that
disapplies,
that
requirement
for
you
to
be
bound
by
that,
but
only
in
those
very
specific
circumstances
where
you've
been
nominated
by
the
council.
D
Thank
you.
Can
I
ask
a
second
question:
counselor
nash,
just
on
table
one
so
page
41
I
can.
I
can
see
that
we've
moved
unpaid
directors
from
directorships
from
the
the
first
box
to
table
two.
What's
the
rationale
for
that?
Thank
you.
F
So
that's
an
amendment
to
the
model
code
and
it
was
basically
an
error,
the
the
actual
any
unpaid
directorship,
it's
unpaid.
So
it's
not
procurement
interest,
so
it
had
just
been
put
in
the
wrong
box.
Your
first
time
around
yeah.
D
Seem
an
odd
position,
heavy.
B
F
Thank
you
chair.
This
is
me
again,
so
this
report
really
confirms
that
a
review
of
both
the
monitoring
officer
protocol
and
the
member
officer
protocol
that
that
are
enshrined
in
the
constitution
have
have
been
carried
out
as
required
by
the
constitution.
F
So
the
conclusion
of
each
review
is
that
they
do
absolutely
remain
fit
for
purpose,
but
there
was
a
need
for
some
minor
update
amendments
just
to
reflect
current
circumstances.
So,
for
example,
there
is
minor,
is
the
local
government
ombudsman
title
changing,
so
we've
updated
those
and
also
to
reflect
the
fact
that
we
now
have
or
catherine
now
has
two
deputy
modern
officers.
So
it
is
the
responsibility
of
this
committee
to
formally
approve
any
amendments
and
they
are
set
out
in
the
appendix
again
by
track
changes
and,
as
I
say,
the
very
minor.
F
So
members
are
asked
to
consider
these
amendments
and
and
move
the
recommendation.
A
Thank
you
again
any
comments.
I
I
would
say
that
they
are
very
minor
adjustments.
In
fact,
apart
from
the
social
care
being
added
at
various
places,
it's
just
a
different
wording.
It's
like
a
few
words
slightly
altered.
A
A
A
Yeah
just
looking
to
see,
if
I
put
any
notes,
I
wish
I
should
no,
I
just
noticed
on
page
56,
there
are
special
scorching
functions
in
the
areas
relating
to
flood
risk
management,
crime
and
and
disorder
and
health,
which
is
a
fair
addition.
A
Right:
okay
and
then
on
page
61
item
5.1,
that's
been
totally
deleted.
Chair.
F
It's
actually
we've
just
relocated.
When
I
did
the
review
of
the
protocol,
it
was
clear
to
me
that
some
issues
were
were
repeated,
so
I've
just
removed
the
duplicity
and
that's
why
section
four
has
a
longer
title
now
to
deal
with
both
the
relationship
and
breaches.
Yes,
thank
you.
C
That's
me
chair.
This
report
at
appendix
1
presents
the
committee's
annual
report
to
full
council,
so
this
will
provide
councillor
nash
an
opportunity
to
to
move
this
report
at
march
council.
C
A
Well,
I'm
elizabeth
nash,
I
chair.
The
meeting
on
my
left
is.
A
Thank
you
all.
May
I
especially
welcome
councillor
debbie
potter
from
shadwell
ward.
I
hope
you
enjoy
the
meeting
on
this
lovely
day
right.
Okay.
So
if
we
go
on
to
item
11,
it's
the
appointment
of
the
independent
person
and
mr
tollefson
was
the
person
who
left
the
meeting
because
we
are
discussing
his
position.
C
Yes,
thank
you,
chad,
very
briefly,
mr
tollefson's
term
of
office
is
due
to
expire
in
july.
C
So
this
report
covers
two
things
really
one
is
to
extend
mr
tollefsen's
term
of
office
by
a
further
two
years,
but
also
seeks
committee's
views
and
recommendations
to
general
purposes
committee
on
the
recruitment
of
an
additional
independent
person
that
can
work
with
mr
tollefson,
because
his
intention
is
to
stand
down
after
that
two
year
period,
so
that
we
can
have
a
degree
of
handover
between
independent
persons,
and
I
think
it's
a
testament
really
to
to
mr
tollefson
that
just
bear
with
me.
C
As
I
say,
it's
it's
a
testament
to
mr
tollefsen
that
he
has
offered
to
support
the
induction
of
an
additional
independent
person
and,
as
the
chair
says,
it
was
right
that
he
he
chose
to
leave
the
meeting
at
this
particular
point.
The
next
step
would
be
for
a
report
to
go
to
general
purposes
committee
to
approve
these
recommendations.
A
Right,
well,
that
seems
quite
straightforward.
Does
anyone
object
to
that
proposal
yeah
right
on
the
answers?
Okay,
right,
other
there
isn't
an
item
for
any
other
business,
but
would
anyone
like
to
raise
anything
which
has
not
been
raised
so
far.
B
C
I
think
we
get
fewer.
Certainly
when
I
talk
to
west
yorkshire
counterparts,
I
think
we
get
fewer.
We
are
certainly
on
the
front
foot
in
terms
of
doing
the
annual
report
to
full
council.
Not
all
authorities
do
that,
but
I
I
think,
for
an
authority
this
size
and
with
the
number
of
parish
councils
that
we
have
within
the
the
mdc
boundary.
E
Chair,
could
I
just
come
in
that
and
that,
and
just
just
to
say
what
andy
said,
but
rather
than
at
the
west
yorkshire
level,
look
to
call
city
sort
of
the
national
level.
I
think
our
ex
our
experience
within
sort
of
west
yorkshire
is
similar
nationally.
So
I
think
that
nationally,
the
larger
core
cities
generally
do
get
more
complaints
than
we
do
when
you
take
into
account
our
size
and,
as
andy
said,
the
number
of
parish
and
town
councils
that
we're
responsible
for.
E
I
would
certainly
say
that
we're
at
the
lower
end
of
the
number
of
complaints
that
we
receive.
Thank
you.
A
Could
I
say
that
when
the
committee
for
standards
in
public
life,
which
was
appointed
originally
by
john
major,
did
a
review
of
all
the
councils
which
well
it
they?
They
had
a
select
few
that
they
they
looked
at
leads
came
out
top.
They
were
very
impressed
with
the
arrangements
that
we
did
have
in
needs.
A
They
then
thought
it
would
be
a
good
idea
to
refer
their
report
out
and
ask
for
recommendations
from
the
local
government
committee
and,
of
course,
that
opened
really
a
can
of
worms.
In
my
view,
and
and
much
of
the
changes
that
we've
made
is
because
the
lga
requested
that
we
did
so
now
we
are
very
keen
and
when
we
last
met,
we
stated
this.
We
are
very
keen
that
we
are
the
same
or
more
or
less
the
same
as
any
other
local
authorities.
A
As
far
as
our
code
of
conduct
is
concerned,
but
as
as
you
will
see
from
this
morning's
agenda,
various
amendments
have
been
made.
A
C
C
So
I
am
anticipating
some
discussions
that
I've
had
with
the
responsible
department
is
that
there
is
a
drafted
response,
but
it
hasn't
had
ministerial
clearance
yet-
and
I
think
they're
just
trying
to
choose
the
opportune
time
to
to
do
that.
So
I
am
hopeful
that
during
the
next
12-month
period,
there
might
be
a
government
consultation
on
on
their
position
following
the
consideration
of
the
committee's
recommendations.
So
there
might
be
that
for
us
to
have
a
look
at
next
year,
chair.
A
I
think
there
are
now
after
some
problems
they
are
now
but
they're,
not
as
stringent,
I
would
say,
as
for
local
government,.