Agenda and minutes
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Election of Chair To elect a Chair of the Committee for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting. Minutes: RESOLVED – That Mr Stephen Clarke be elected Chair of the Standards Committee for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting. |
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Mr Stephen Clarke in the Chair |
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Appointment of Vice-Chair To appoint a Vice-Chair of the Committee for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting. Minutes: RESOLVED – That Mr Kieran McMahon be appointed Vice-Chair of the Standards Committee for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting. |
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To approve as a correct record and sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 19 June 2017. Minutes: The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 19 June 2017 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair. |
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Declarations of Interest Councillors and Officers to declare any interests which they have in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting. Minutes: No declarations of interest were made. |
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Urgent Decisions To report any urgent action taken under the Constitution since the last meeting of the Committee. Minutes: No urgent decisions were reported. |
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Public Question Time Members of the public are invited to put questions to the Chair on any matters within the powers and duties of the Committee, subject to the exclusions set out in the Code of Practice. (Questions must be submitted prior to the commencement of the meeting on the card provided. These are available at the meeting. You can also submit via the Council’s website at www.stockport.gov.uk/publicquestions)
Minutes: No public questions were submitted. |
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General Councillor Dispensations To consider a report of the Monitoring Officer.
The purpose of this report is to consider what general dispensations ought to be granted to Councillors to allow them to participate in Council business where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest or personal and prejudicial interest that might otherwise preclude them from consideration of particular decisions.
The Committee is requested to grant the dispensations set out in paragraph 4.1 of the report to all Councillors to allow them to participate at the Council Meeting and Council Committees.
Officer Contact: Patrick Arran on 0161 474 3219 or email: patrick.arran@stockport.gov.uk
Minutes: The Monitoring Officer submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Standards Committee to consider what general dispensations ought to be granted to Councillors to allow them to participate in Council business where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest or personal and prejudicial interest that might otherwise preclude them from consideration of particular decisions.
RESOLVED – (1) That the dispensations be granted for the maximum period of four years and not one year as recommended in the report.
(2) That the following dispensations be granted to all Councillors to allow them to participate at Council Meetings and Council Committees:-
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General Councillor Dispensations Minutes: The Monitoring |