Issue - meetings

The committee received a report from the Head of Legal Services regarding the changes to the Officer Employment Procedures Rules in respect of disciplinary action.

In response to members’ questions the Head of Legal Services said the following:

i.             The independent person was appointed to act as a statutory watchdog; one of their duties was to consider complaints about councillors’ code of conduct and he was satisfied there were sufficient resources to be able to cover any absences.

Resolved (unanimously) to recommend to Council to:

i.             Amend the Officer Employment Procedure Rules in accordance with Appendix 1 to this report.

ii.            Amend the terms of reference of the Employment (Senior Officer) Committee in accordance with Appendix 2 to this report.

iii.           Authorise the Head of Human Resources to convene a panel of “independent persons”, as and when required by the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) Regulations 2001 and to determine its procedure.