Agenda and minutes

Assessment Sub-Committee - Tuesday 3 April 2012 2.00 pm

Venue: Committee Room 5, Harrow Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2XY. View directions

Contact: Vishal Seegoolam, Senior Democratic Services Officer Tel: 020 8424 1883 E-mail: vishal.seegoolam@harrow.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
51.	Appointment of the Chairman To note that the Independent Member, Mr James Coyle, will serve as Chairman of the Sub-Committee for this meeting. Minutes: RESOLVED: That the Independent Member, Mr James Coyle, would serve as Chairman of the Sub-Committee for this meeting.
52.	Declarations of Interest To receive declarations of personal or prejudicial interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from: (a) all Members of the Sub Committee; (b) all other Members present in any part of the room. Minutes: Agenda Item 5 – Complaint – Breach of Code of Conduct Councillor Brian Gate declared a prejudicial interest in Complaint 2 in that he was a former trustee of an organisation related to the complaint. He would leave the room during this item.
53.	Minutes PDF 59 KB That the minutes of the meeting held on 11 January 2012 be taken as read and signed as a correct record. Minutes: RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 11 January 2012 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.
	RESOLVED ITEMS
54.	Assessment Sub-Committee - Terms of Reference PDF 66 KB View item 54. as DOC 708 KB Report of the Director of Legal and Governance Services. Additional documents: Assessment Sub-Committee - Terms of Reference - Appx A , item 54. PDF 14 KB View as DOC (54./2) 24 KB Assessment Sub-Committee - Terms of Reference - Appx B , item 54. PDF 26 KB View as DOC (54./3) 39 KB Assessment Sub-Committee - Terms of Reference - Appx C , item 54. PDF 72 KB View as DOC (54./4) 78 KB Minutes: RESOLVED: That the terms of reference of the Sub-Committee be noted.
55.	Complaint - Breach of Code of Conduct View the declarations of interest for item 55. The report on behalf of the Monitoring Officer and all relevant information will be circulated at the meeting. Minutes: Members considered a report on behalf of the Director of Legal and Governance Services, which set out details of two complaints that Members had failed or may have failed to comply with the Authority’s Code of Conduct. The Sub-Committee fully considered and discussed the first complaint, with each Member setting out their individual thoughts on its content. Due to the previously declared prejudicial interest, the meeting was declared inquorate for the second complaint and unable to proceed. RESOLVED: That (1) no further action be taken in respect of Complaint 1; (2) Complaint 2 be deferred to the next meeting of the Assessment Sub?Committee, to be arranged.