Issue - meetings

(a)       That the training provided be noted along with the additional date scheduled for September; and

(b)       That the Monitoring Officer contact Town and Community Councils to ask if they required training on any particular topics.

The Monitoring Officer introduced the report and explained that the Council provided three training session for Town and Community Councillors on the Code of Conduct and Governance where 54 Councillors from 23 Council attended.

                        Due to a number of Councils having insufficient candidates for election and them being required to co-opt Councillors, there would be a number of Councillors who would not have been able to attend the training sessions that had been held.  Therefore a further training session in September would be provided, the date of which was to be confirmed.

                        The Monitoring Officer asked if any of the members of Standards Committee would like to participate in that training session to which Mr Dewey said he would.  The Chair also said he could take part subject to his availability.

                        In response to a question from Councillor Johnson, the Monitoring Officer explained that an annual training session was held for Town and Community Councils which usually covered the same topics however he would contact them and ask if they had anything specific they would welcome training on.  Depending on the response and the areas in which they felt they needed training in, he would need to seek agreement from the relevant Chief Officers that they could commit to that resource.  An alternative could be targeted training sessions before the Community Forum meetings.  He would discuss the options with colleagues.

            RESOLVED:

(a)       That the training provided be noted along with the additional date scheduled for September; and

(b)       That the Monitoring Officer contact Town and Community Councils to ask if they required training on any particular topics.