Membership
of Member Standards Hearing Committee:
There are five Borough Councillors on the Committee,
(Councillors B. Jones, Lawton, Newall, C. Taylor and K.B Nicholson)
and three Co-opted Members (serving Parish Councillors
M. Beadle, D. Dodwell and M. French) with a quorum of three
Borough Council Members and for Parish Council complaints the
quorum will be two Borough Council Members and a Parish Council
Member.
The
Committee is responsible for:
·
hearing cases referred to it by the Monitoring
Officer
·
the Committee, can with the benefit of any advice
from the Independent Person and or the Monitoring Officer,
conclude that the Member did not fail to comply with the Code of
Conduct, and so dismiss the complaint
·
if the Committee concludes that the Member did fail
to comply with the Code of Conduct, the Chair will inform the
Member of this finding and the Committee will then consider what
action, if any, the Committee should take in accordance with the
procedure contained in arrangements for dealing with
complaints against Members [pdf
document]