Membership
of Member Standards Hearing Committee:
There are five Borough Councillors on the Committee,
(Councillors Crudass, Crumbie, Johnson, K Nicholson and AJ Scott)
and three Co-opted Members (serving Parish Councillors)
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]