Issue - meetings

Review of Dispensations

Meeting: 02/10/2017 - Standards Committee (Item 31)

To receive a follow-up report to that considered at the previous meeting.

Decision:

That the dispensation granted to Councillor Veronica Gay by the Committee on 4 July 2016 in respect of the Community Asset Transfer of the Community Centre, Library and Youth Centre should continue until 1 October 2018.

Minutes:

The Deputy Monitoring Officer presented an update on the review of dispensations following discussion at the previous meeting where the Committee determined which dispensations should continue to have effect and which should be cancelled.

At that meeting, the Committee agreed to extend several dispensations until this meeting to enable the Deputy Monitoring Officer to write to those Members to ask if they wished for a further extension. As a consequence, Councillor Veronica Gay had requested an extension of her dispensation in respect of the Community Asset Transfer of the Community Centre, Library and Youth Centre to 1 October 2018. In relation to members of Argoed Community Council who were represented on ‘MIFFY’, it was reported that the Clerk had confirmed that these dispensations were no longer required.

The Monitoring Officer clarified that Members who had previously been granted dispensation could re-apply in similar terms if they wished. Councillor Patrick Heesom commented that this should be made clear to the those involved.

RESOLVED: