Issue - meetings

Consideration was given to the Work Plan for 2013/14, which had been updated to include the changes discussed at the June 2013 meeting.

The Committee was concerned about the delay of the report on the way forward for the Standards process, which had been expected to be presented today but understood that it had been deferred to allow the new Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer to become involved in the review of the process.  It was agreed that a working group would be set up, with the membership of the Councillors J Wray, L Brown, M Hardy and S Hogben to progress the review.

An item for the Work Plan was proposed by Councillor S Corcoran and seconded by Councillor S Hogben as follows:-

“That the Work Plan should include an annual review of Lyme Green, with the addition of Resolutions 3 and 4 from the decision of the Audit and Governance Committee meeting held in June 2012."

The motion was put to the vote and lost. 

Councillor Corcoran requested that the motion be recorded in the minutes and also how the Committee voted, which was agreed.

Vote

For: Councillors S Corcoran, R Fletcher and S Hogben

Against: Councillors L Brown, A Kolker and J Wray

Abstained: Councillor M Hardy

Casting Vote:  Against - Councillor J Wray 

RESOLVED: That

(1)       the amendments to the Work Plan be noted;

(2)       Risk CR9 – Workforce be added to the Work Plan as the risk for consideration at the September 2013 meeting.

(3)       the Plan will be periodically brought back to the Committee for development and approval.