Agenda

Standards and Ethics Committee - Thursday 13 March 2025 2.00 p.m.

Venue: Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, Rotherham. S60 2TH

Contact: Debbie Pons, Governance Advisor  Email: debbie.pons@rotherham.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

 

To receive the apologies of any Member who is unable to attend today’s meeting.

2.

Declarations of Interest

 

To receive declarations of interest from Members in respect of items listed on the agenda.

3.

Exclusion of Press and Public

 

To consider whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any part of the agenda.

 

Under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for Agenda Items 5 and 6 (Consideration of Whistleblowing Policy and Complaints) on the grounds that their appendices involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

4.

Minutes of the previous meeting held on 16th January, 2025 pdf icon PDF 87 KB

 

To consider and approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on 16th January, 2025 as a true and correct record of the proceedings and signed by the Chair.

5.

A Review of Concerns Raised Pursuant to the Whistleblowing Policy pdf icon PDF 137 KB

 

To give consideration to a report regarding concerns raised pursuant to the Whistleblowing Policy and the actions taken to address these matters.

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6.

Review of Complaints pdf icon PDF 92 KB

 

To give consideration to a report updating the Committee on the Complaints received against Members of the Council, and Town and Parish Councillors alleging a breach of the Code of Conduct.

Additional documents:

7.

Standards and Ethics Committee - Work Plan pdf icon PDF 130 KB

 

To consider and approve the draft work programme for the Standards and Ethics Committee for the period January to November, 2025.

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8.

Membership of the Standards and Ethics Committee pdf icon PDF 202 KB

 

To review the current membership and make recommendations to refresh the membership of the Standards and Ethics Committee.

9.

Urgent Business

 

To determine any item which the Chair is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency.