Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED – That Stephen Clarke be elected as Chair of the Standards Committee for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting.

RESOLVED – That Kieran McMahon be appointed Vice Chair of the Standards Committee for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting.

Councillors and officers to declare any interests which they have in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting.

Councillors and officers were invited to declare any interests they had in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting.

No declarations of interest were made.

To approve as a correct record and sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 1 December 2016

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on1 December 2016 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

To consider a report of the Monitoring Officer

The report provides the Committee on complaints received about the conduct of members during the 2016/17 municipal year.

Recommendation

That the report be noted.

Officer contact Michelle Dodds on telephone number 0161 474 3257 or alternatively email michelle.dodds@stockport.gov.uk

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on complaints received about the conduct of members during the 2016/ 2017 municipal year.

The Chair stated that the number of complaints was considerably lower than many other local authorities and paid tribute to the Councillors in Stockport for their good conduct especially bearing in mind the political balance on the Council.

RESOLVED – (1) That the report be noted.

(2) That the Chair of the Standards Committee be requested to present the report to the Council Meeting on 29 June 2017.

No urgent decisions were reported.