Issue - meetings

This is a regular report to the Committee by the Monitoring Officer to give the Committee an overview of the work of the Monitoring Officer that falls within the scope of the functions for which the Committee is responsible.

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          Upon the invitation of the Chair, the Monitoring Officer introduced the report to Committee. He highlighted paragraph 4.2 ‘Maintaining the Constitution’, explaining that he had amended the Constitution to reflect the changes to the senior management structure following the arrival of Dawn Hudd as Chief Executive in July 2024. He updated that Full Council had approved the recommendation from Standards Committee regarding the recruitment of the Independent Persons, and he had so far received support from all three Independent Persons on separate matters, which he thanked them for.

The Chair invited questions, and it was asked to what extent the Committee should be concerned that two of the town/parish councils were yet to adopt the model code. The Monitoring Officer explained that both of those councils had codes in place, however he would continue to encourage the adoption of the model code, which was beneficial to Councillors, particularly those that were members of additional councils, and it was also beneficial to investigations.

The Committee noted the report.