Agenda and draft minutes
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Election of Chair The Panel is asked to elect a Chair for the duration of the meeting. Minutes: RESOLVED that Councillor Pam Byrne be appointed as Chair of the Sub-Committee. |
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Apologies For Absence Minutes: There were no apologies for absence received. |
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Urgent Business Urgent business, if any, introduced by the Chair Minutes: There were no items of urgent business received. |
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Declarations of Interest To Receive Declarations of Interest in any Contract or matter to be discussed at the meeting. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest received. |
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Assessment of Standards Complaints The attached report relates to the four complaints listed on the agenda. Additional documents:
Minutes: In accordance with the procedures for dealing with Member Code of Conduct complaints, consideration was given to a report of the Monitoring Officer detailing allegations of misconduct against four Councillors namely Councillors Mark Kenyon, Howard Sykes, Louie Hamblett and David Murphy, which alleged that:
The Sub-Committee received a written representation by a barrister acting for Councillor Sykes, which was considered as a preliminary issue at the beginning of the hearing. The written representation outlined that it was not possible to find that a breach of the Code of Conduct had occurred in relation to Councillors Sykes, Hamblett and Murphy in respect of the allegation in the complaint. However, there had been a conclusion of a breach of the Code regarding the investigation process, and this should not be dealt with in the proceedings. The Sub-Committee also heard representations from Councillor Sykes’ representative and the investigating officer. The Sub-Committee heard the views of the Independent Person who considered that the Sub-Committee had no jurisdiction to deal with the new complaints against Councillors Sykes, Hamblett and Murphy, as the new allegations had not been put in writing to them, as required by the law, in line with the independent legal advice provided at the meeting.
The Sub-Committee proceeded to consider the report of the external investigating officer appointed to investigate the complaint related to Councillor Kenyon and the allegations that Councillor Kenyon had breached paragraphs 4.1 (confidentiality and access to information), 5.1 (bringing the role or council into disrepute) and 7.1 (use of resources) of the Code.
The Sub-Committee heard representations from the investigating officer, Councillor Kenyon’s representative and Cllr Kenyon.
The Sub-Committee heard the views of the Independent Person who considered that Councillor Kenyon had breached the Code and that appropriate sanctions would be for Councillor Kenyon to apologise, and for the matter to be reported to the full Council for noting.
All Members of the Sub-Committee requested that their individual vote be recorded on the following matters:
RESOLVED that the Sub-Committee finds that:
1. It had no jurisdiction to ... view the full minutes text for item 5. |
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