Agenda item

Report of the Assistant Director, Law and Governance, and the Monitoring Officer

The Assistant Director Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer submitted a report (previously circulated) updating Members on the issues relevant to Member standards and ethical governance since last reported to this Committee in September 2023.

The submitted report set out a number of datasets of ethical indicators to assist in monitoring the ethical health of the Council and by reviewing these indicators it was hoped to be able identify any unusual or significant trends or changes in the volume of data recorded for the relevant period that might provide an alert to any deterioration in the ethical health of the authority.

The submitted report also included commentary for some data sets to give analysis and explanation for some of the more notable variations and it was reported that there were no particular issues of concern that had been identified from reviewing the data.

Discussion ensued around the datasets which reflected the complaints around Members; How the issues are addressed to Members and how the complaint will be closed.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.