Venue: Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent
\n\t\tContact: Angela Gardner\u00c2\u00a0 \n\t\tDemocratic Services Officer\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\t\t\n\t\tItems\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\tNo.\n\t\t\tItem\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tApologies for absence
\nMinutes:
\nApologies were received\nfrom the Vice-Chair, Mr Ian Edwards, Councillor Jean Bowers,\nCouncillor Michael Coleman, Councillor David Conway and Councillor\nMick Salih.
\nMinutes of Last Meeting (15/09/2010) PDF 72 KB
\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tTo Receive the Minutes of Standards Sub Committees PDF 74 KB
\nReferrals Sub Committee\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201c 15 September 2010
\nDeclarations of Interest (If Any)
\nTo provide an opportunity\nfor Members/Officers to declare a personal or prejudicial interest\nin any matter on the agenda.
\nMinutes:
\nMembers declared\ninterests, as indicated, in accordance with the provision of the\nCity Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Constitution on the issues listed\nbelow.
\n\n\n\n\nName
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\n\n\n\nInterest
\n\n\n\nNature
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\nMr John Bennion
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\n(Item 26) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Appointment of an Independent Member
\nPersonal and prejudicial
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\nInterviewed for Position on Committee and left the meeting whilst\nthis item was under consideration
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\nAppointment of Independent Member PDF 53 KB
\nMinutes:
\nThe Committee was\nrequested to recommend to City Council the appointment of a\ncandidate, as an independent member of the Standards Committee, for\na period of four years following a recent recruitment\nexercise.\u00c2\u00a0
\n\nIt was reported that the Relevant Authorities (Standards\nCommittees) Regulations legislate on how independent (non-council)\nmembers are appointed and the main points of the Regulations\nwere:
\n\nA person may not be appointed as an independent member of\nthe Standards Committee of an authority or sub-committee of the\nStandards Committee unless the appointment is:
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- Attendance Details \n\t\t\t
- Agenda Frontsheet\n\t\t\t
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Venue: Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent
\n\t\tContact: Angela Gardner \n\t\tDemocratic Services Officer\n\t\t\n\t\t
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| \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t | \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Apologies for absence \nMinutes: \n\n \nApologies were received\nfrom the Vice-Chair, Mr Ian Edwards, Councillor Jean Bowers,\nCouncillor Michael Coleman, Councillor David Conway and Councillor\nMick Salih. \n | \n\t\t||||||||
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| \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t | \t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t To Receive the Minutes of Standards Sub Committees \n \nReferrals Sub Committee\n– 15 September 2010 \n | \n\t\t||||||||
| \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t | \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Declarations of Interest (If Any) \n\n \nTo provide an opportunity\nfor Members/Officers to declare a personal or prejudicial interest\nin any matter on the agenda. \nMinutes: \n\n \nMembers declared\ninterests, as indicated, in accordance with the provision of the\nCity Council’s Constitution on the issues listed\nbelow. \n
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| \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t | \t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Appointment of Independent Member Minutes: \n\n \nThe Committee was\nrequested to recommend to City Council the appointment of a\ncandidate, as an independent member of the Standards Committee, for\na period of four years following a recent recruitment\nexercise. \n\nIt was reported that the Relevant Authorities (Standards\nCommittees) Regulations legislate on how independent (non-council)\nmembers are appointed and the main points of the Regulations\nwere: \n\nA person may not be appointed as an independent member of\nthe Standards Committee of an authority or sub-committee of the\nStandards Committee unless the appointment is: \n(a) \nApproved by a majority of the members of the\nauthority; \n\n(b) \nAdvertised in one or more newspapers circulating in the\narea of the authority; \n\n(c) \nOf a person who has submitted an application to the\nauthority; \n\n(d) \nOf a person who has not within the period of five years\nimmediately preceding the date of the appointment been a member or\nofficer of the authority; \n\n\n(e) \nOf a person who is not a relative or close friend of a\nmember or officer of the authority. \n\n \nThe Committee was\nadvised of the appointments process and resolved the\nfollowing: \n\n | \n\t\t