Issue - meetings

This report updates the Committee on the complaints against Councillors received since the Monitoring Officer’s last report on 17 October 2024.  The Committee is responsible for promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct by Members of the District and Town & Parish Councils, for monitoring the operation of the Code of Conduct, and for considering the outcome of investigations in the event of breaches of the Code of Conduct.

[10 Minutes]

          Upon the invitation of the Chair, the Monitoring Officer introduced the report to Committee. He highlighted paragraph 4.2 which showed the complaints received, and the progress of each complaint. There had been a finding of no breach for some complaints, and a number of others were either in the process or would soon be going through formal investigation. The Monitoring Officer thanked the Independent Persons for their involvement in these. Another complaint  had been received this week and he was in the process of considering whether this would be accepted. When looking at patterns and trends, the Monitoring Officer noted that most complaints related to Town and Parish Councillors, however some did involve Arun District Council Members.

There were no questions from Members.

The Chair thanked the Independent Persons for their work.

The Committee noted the report.