Issue - meetings

That the amended wording to the Local Resolution Procedure (as highlighted in tracked changes to the current Local Resolution Procedure at Appendix 1 to the report) be approved and adopted.

The Chief Officer (Governance) introduced a report seeking approval on proposed alterations to the Local Resolution Procedure (LRP), as recommended by the Standards Committee and Constitution Committee.  The changes were to impose a 30 day time limit for referral of complaints to the Monitoring Officer from the date that the complainant becomes aware of the incident giving rise to the complaint, and to add a time limit to resolving complaints under the LRP of 12 months.  A further recommendation was for these time limits to be extended at the discretion of the Monitoring Officer.

RESOLVED:

That the amended wording to the Local Resolution Procedure (as highlighted in tracked changes to the current Local Resolution Procedure at Appendix 1 to the report) be approved and adopted.