Meeting documents

SCC Constitution and Standards Committee - committee paper archive only
Wednesday, 8th January, 2020 1.00 pm

Venue: Taunton Library Meeting Room

Contact: Scott Wooldridge,Monitoring Officer 01823 357628 or Email: swooldridge@somerset.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for absence
2.	Declarations of Interest Details of all Members’ interests in District, Town and Parish Councils will be displayed in the meeting room. The Statutory Register of Member’s Interests can be inspected via the Community Governance team.
3.	Minutes from the previous meeting held on 26 June 2020. PDF 79 KB The Committee is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.
4.	Public Question Time The Chairman will allow members of the public to present a petition on any matter within the Committee’s remit. Questions or statements about any matter on the agenda for this meeting will be taken at the time when each matter is considered.
5.	Scrutiny Review PDF 93 KB To consider the report and recommendations. Additional documents: Appendix A CFPS scrutiny review recommendations , item 5. PDF 349 KB Appendix B Statutory_Guidance_on_Overview_and_Scrutiny_in_Local_and_Combined_Authorities , item 5. PDF 347 KB Decision: The committee agreed to recommend to Full Council: 1. That the Council agree to implement a programme of cultural transformation and improvements to its Scrutiny arrangements by March 2021, including the provision of additional resources in the Democratic Services Team and members training budgets to deliver the enhanced scrutiny arrangements; 2. That the Monitoring Officer is authorised to undertake any necessary technical amendments to the Council’s Constitution to support the implementation of the proposed improvements to the Council’s scrutiny arrangements; and 3. That the Monitoring Officer undertakes further work regarding the proposals for co-opted members (with non-voting rights) to be potentially included within the membership of the Scrutiny Committee Policies and Place and the Scrutiny Committee for Adults and Health with a view towards reporting these proposals to the Council’s Annual General Meeting.
6.	Health and Wellbeing Board Revised Constitution PDF 51 KB To consider the report and recommendations. Additional documents: Appendix A HWBB Constitution update , item 6. PDF 152 KB Decision: The Committee approved the amended Health & Wellbeing Board Constitution set out in Appendix A for inclusion within the Council’s Constitution and publication on the council’s website.
7.	Officer Code of Conduct PDF 73 KB To consider the report and recommendations. Additional documents: Appendix 1 Officers' Code of Conduct , item 7. PDF 222 KB Decision: The Committee approved the proposed Officer Code of Conduct set out in Appendix 1, with the addition of "Respect to all" added as a bullet point to section 1.4, for inclusion with the Council’s Constitution and publication on the Councils website.
8.	Any other urgent items of business The Chairman may raise any items of urgent business.