Issue - meetings

That a report is brought to a future meeting of the Committee regarding the level of attendance at a training event on the Members’ Code of Conduct delivered to Town and Community Councillors by the Monitoring Officer on 1st May 2018.

That the Deputy Monitoring Officer delivers a further training session on the Members’ Code of Conduct in September 2018 and a report is brought to a future meeting of the Committee regarding the level of attendance at that training event.

(a)       That a report be brought to a future meeting of the Committee on the level of attendance at a training event on the Members’ Code of Conduct delivered to Town and Community Councillors by the Monitoring Officer on 1^st May 2018;

(b)       That the Deputy Monitoring Officer delivers a further training session on the Members’ Code of Conduct in September 2018 and a report is brought back to a future meeting of the Committee on the level of attendance at that training events; and

(c)        That alongside the reminder to Clerks of Town and Community Councils on the Code of Conduct, details of the training event in September also be included.

The Monitoring Officer introduced the report on Training for Town and Community Councillors which provided details of the level of attendance at training events on the Members’ Code of Conduct prior to and following the elections in 2017.

            Following a question from Julia Hughes, the Monitoring Officer explained that the training sessions were published through the County Forum including the provision of the training material being available.  He suggested that Standards Committee members could promote any future training sessions at any Town and Community Councils they were to visit in the future.

            Details of the attendance at the training session on 1^st May would be included in a future report alongside the details of the forthcoming session in September.  Julia Hughes suggested that alongside the reminder to Clerks of Town and Community Councils on the Code of Conduct, details could also be provided on the training session in September which was supported.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That a report be brought to a future meeting of the Committee on the level of attendance at a training event on the Members’ Code of Conduct delivered to Town and Community Councillors by the Monitoring Officer on 1^st May 2018;

(b)       That the Deputy Monitoring Officer delivers a further training session on the Members’ Code of Conduct in September 2018 and a report is brought back to a future meeting of the Committee on the level of attendance at that training events; and

(c)        That alongside the reminder to Clerks of Town and Community Councils on the Code of Conduct, details of the training event in September also be included.