Agenda and minutes

Review Sub-Committee - Wednesday 15 July 2009 8.00 pm

Venue: Committee Room 3, Harrow Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2XY. View directions

Contact: Claire Vincent, Senior Professional - Democratic Services Tel: 020 8424 1637 E-mail: claire.vincent@harrow.gov.uk

Note: Note: Pursuant to Regulation 8 of The Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 and the Standards Board for England’s Guidance, ‘Local Assessment of Complaints’, this meeting will be held in private, with attendance restricted to the members of the Sub-Committee and those officers advising the Sub-Committee only. NB: The start time for the meeting is 8.00 pm or at the rising of the Assessment Sub-Committee meeting, whichever is the later.

Items
Note	No.	Item
		PART I - RECOMMENDATIONS - NIL
		PART II - MINUTES
	20.	Appointment of the Chairman To note that the Independent Member, Ms S Darr, will serve as Chairman of the Sub-Committee for this meeting. Minutes: RESOLVED: To note that the Independent Member, Ms S Darr, would serve as the Chairman of the Sub?Committee for this meeting.
	21.	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 Committee, Sub Committee, Panel or Forum; (b) all other Members present in any part of the room or chamber. Minutes: RESOLVED: To note that Councillor Paul Osborn declared a personal interest as he knew the Member through that person acting in an official capacity on behalf of a Political Association.
Enc.	22.	Minutes PDF 15 KB View the background to item 22. That the minutes of the meeting held on 30 April 2009 be taken as read and signed as a correct record. Minutes: RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 15 April 2009 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.
Enc.	23.	Review Sub-Committee - Terms of Reference PDF 70 KB View item 23. as DOC 244 KB View the background to item 23. Report of the Director of Legal and Governance Services. Additional documents: Review Sub-Committee - Terms of Reference Appx A , item 23. PDF 13 KB View as DOC (23./2) 26 KB Review Sub-Committee - Terms of Reference Appx B , item 23. PDF 26 KB View as DOC (23./3) 42 KB Review Sub-Committee - Terms of Reference Appx C , item 23. PDF 47 KB View as DOC (23./4) 78 KB Minutes: RESOLVED: That the Terms of Reference of the Sub-Committee be noted.
	24.	Complaint - Breach of Code of Conduct View the declarations of interest for item 24. To review any previous decisions of the Assessment Sub-Committee which have been subject to a request for a review. The report of the Monitoring Officer and all relevant information will be circulated at the meeting. Minutes: Further to the Assessment Sub-Committee having considered a complaint that a Member of the Authority had failed or may have failed to comply with the Authority’s Code of Conduct, and having determined the complaint as requiring no further action, the decision of the Assessment Sub?Committee had now been the subject of a request for review. The Review Sub?Committee considered a report of the Director of Legal and Governance Services which set out the documentation considered by the Assessment Sub-Committee, the notice detailing the decision of the Assessment Sub-Committee, the request for the review, and independent advice obtained in relation to the review request. The Sub-Committee fully considered and discussed the report, with each Member setting out their individual thoughts on its contents. RESOLVED: That (1) it be noted this Sub-Committee considers the original Assessment Sub-Committee process did not fully address all areas of the complaint as submitted to it; (2) allegation 2 as contained in the report be referred to the Monitoring Officer for formal investigation.