Agenda

To elect a chair for the duration of the meeting.

For Members to note any apologies for absence.

Members are invited to declare at this stage of the meeting, any relevant personal and prejudicial interests and disclosable pecuniary interests in any matter to be considered at this meeting.

To approve, as a correct record, the attached minutes of the previous meeting held on Monday 27 November 2017.

To consider any matters arising from the minutes of the previous meeting.

To receive and consider the Monitoring Officer’s Annual Report to the Standards Committee for 2017, which provides Members with an update on Member conduct issues and a summary of the work of the Standards Committee and the Monitoring Officer in 2017.

In addition Members are being asked to consider and comment on a public stakeholder consultation on local government standards being undertaken by the Committee on Standards in Public Life.

Notice of items to be raised under this heading must be given in writing to the Head of Executive and Member Services or his representative before the meeting in accordance with Standing Order 60.

To be confirmed once the Council’s annual calendar of meetings for 2018/19 has been approved at the Annual Council Meeting in May 2018..