Issue - meetings

Cabinet is asked to consider recommendations from the meeting of the Standards Committee relating to the adoption of a new Social Media Guidance document for Councillors.  The minutes will be circulated separately to this agenda.  To view the report that was submitted to the Standards Committee, please click on these links - Report and Appendix

Cabinet

            RESOLVED

            That the Social Media Guidance for Councillors be referred back to the next meeting of the Standards Committee for further discussion.

The Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Corporate Support, Councillor Oppler, presented the Minutes from the meeting of the Standards Committee held on 24 September 2020, which had been circulated separately to the agenda.

 Councillor Oppler alerted Cabinet to recommendations at Minute 226 [New Social Media Guidance for Councillors] which set out a new Social Media Guidance for Councillors which Cabinet was being asked to endorse.

In discussing this guidance, Cabinet broadly supported it.

Non-Cabinet Councillors then asked a series of questions and raised some concerns around what the Policy recommended Councillors should not do. 

Following a lengthy discussion, the Chairman proposed that the Policy be refereed back to the Standards Committee for further discussion and to allow that Committee to fully review the list of recommendations that Councillors should not undertake.   This was seconded by Councillor Coster.

            The Cabinet then    

                        RESOLVED

That the new Social Media Guidance for Councillors be referred back to the next meeting of the Standards Committee for further discussion and debate.

The Cabinet confirmed its decision as per Decision Notice C/025/19102020, a copy of which is attached to the signed copy of the Minutes.