Agenda

Standards and Ethics Committee - Thursday 12 June 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 9 and 10 (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 13th March, 2025 pdf icon PDF 74 KB

 

To consider and approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on 13th March, 2025 as a true and correct record of the proceedings and signed by the Chair.

5.

Review of the Code of Conduct pdf icon PDF 187 KB

To give consideration to a report requesting that the Standards and Ethics Committee review the Code of Conduct

 

Additional documents:

6.

Civility in Public Life pdf icon PDF 115 KB

To give consideration to a report setting out the objectives of and the resources available to members through the LGA’s Civility in Public Life campaign

 

7.

Respect and Civility Pledge

Verbal update

8.

Membership of the Standards and Ethics Committee

Verbal update

9.

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.

Additional documents:

10.

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:

11.

Urgent Business

 

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