Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Declarations of Interest

All Members who believe they have a Disclosable Pecuniary or other Pecuniary or non pecuniary Interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting must declare that interest and, having regard to the circumstances described in Section 3 paragraphs 3.25 – 3.27 of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 3.28 of the Code.

 

The Chair will ask Members to confirm that they do not have a declarable interest.

 

All Members making a declaration will be required to complete a Declaration of Interests at Meetings form detailing the nature of their interest.

 

Minutes:

None.

2.

Minutes of the Last Meetings of the Audit & Risk Committee held on 12th March 2015 and the Standards Advisory Committee held on 17th March 2015 pdf icon PDF 85 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Resolved That the minutes of the last meetings of the Audit & Risk Committee held on 12th March 2015 and the Standards Advisory Committee held on 17th March 2015 be approved as a correct record.

3.

Appointment of Standards Determination Sub-Committee pdf icon PDF 77 KB

Minutes:

The Committee were reminded that the Council at its meeting in April 2015 had agreed that the Standards Advisory Committee be disbanded  and its terms of reference subsumed into the terms of reference of the Audit and Risk Committee with effect from 19th May 2015.

 

The re-named Audit and Corporate Governance Committee (ACGC) has a wide remit including the Standards and Ethical Framework. It was also agreed that a Standards Determination Sub-Committee be established to determine allegations of breaches of the Members Code of Conduct, on a reference from the Monitoring Officer, and to undertake any detailed work necessary on the Code of Conduct.   

 

It was explained that as the parent Committee, the ACGC had to appoint the Sub-Committee and the terms of reference for the Sub-Committee, as approved by Council, were outlined. It was brought to Members’ attention that the Sub-Committee did not have a fixed membership and would be convened as necessary from the membership of the ACGC. The Sub-Committee would comprise of five members, of whom a maximum of three shall be elected members drawn on a politically proportionate basis, wherever possible. In the event an opposition member was not available, the three elected members will be appointed from the same political party. No more than two members of the Sub-Committee should be Co-Opted Independent Members.     

 

Resolved -  That a Standards Determination Sub-Committee be appointed comprising five Members of the Committee to be selected at random, subject to it including three elected Members, on a politically proportionate basis, and two Co-Opted Independent Members.

4.

Date of Next Meeting - 8th July 2015

Minutes:

Resolved –   That the next meeting of the Audit & Corporate Governance Committee be held on 8th July 2015.