Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

That the proposed changes to the explanatory guidance in the Officer Code of Conduct be approved.

The Chief Officer (Governance) introduced a report to approve the updates to the Officer Code of Conduct as part of the rolling review of the Constitution.    He explained that the Standards Committee was responsible for reviewing all Codes and Protocols (relating to behaviour) in the Constitution once per Council term to ensure  they remained pertinent and up to date.  The Committee had reviewed the Officers’ Code of Conduct and had made recommendations for updating it.  A number of changes were suggested, as detailed in the report, in order to expand the guidance on when it was necessary to declare an interest; refer to newly created standardised forms for recording interests and gifts; expand the guidance on outside employment; and update posts and service references where these have changed.  The proposed amendments to the Code were appended to the report.

RESOLVED:

That the proposed changes to the explanatory guidance in the Officer Code of Conduct be approved.