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Agenda and minutes

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Contact: Tristan Fieldsend, Senior Committee and Councillor Co-ordinator  Email:  tfieldsend@westminster.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Membership

To note any changes to the membership.

Minutes:

1.1           There were no changes to the membership.

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations by Members and Officers of the existence and nature of any pecuniary interests or any other significant interest in matters on this agenda.

Minutes:

2.1      There were none.

 

3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 88 KB

To sign the minutes of the meeting held on 8 September 2022.

Minutes:

3.1      RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 15 September 2022 be signed by the Chair as a correct record of the proceedings.

 

4.

Review of the Member/Officer Protocol pdf icon PDF 121 KB

To receive a report from the Director of Law.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

4.1      Parveen Akhtar, Director of Law, introduced the report setting out the review undertaken to strengthen the guidance on relationships between Officers and Members. The intention was that the updated protocol helped support the establishment of good working relationships between Members and Officers in their work together and described their different but complementary roles within the Council.

 

4.2      The Committee welcomed the review of the protocol and agreed a strong, constructive, and trusting relationship between Members and Officers was essential to the effective and efficient working of the Council. The suggested amendments to the protocol were considered appropriate in bringing the document up to date and the Committee noted in particular the importance of including the Nolan Principles in the protocol along with a separate section on bullying.

 

4.3      The Committee discussed the significance of the protocol and was of the opinion that it should form an important aspect of the training provided to both new and existing Members and officers. This training could then form part of the process of ensuring the behaviours and treatment that each can expect from the other was embedded in the culture throughout the organisation.

 

           RESOLVED:

 

1)             That the revised Member/Officer Protocol be recommended to Full Council for approval.

 

2)             That it be recommended that training on the Member/Officer Protocol be provided to all new and existing Members and Officers.

 

5.

Programme of Meetings 2023/24 pdf icon PDF 111 KB

To receive a report from the Director of Law.

Minutes:

5.1      The Committee received a report and following discussions agreed the proposed programme of meetings subject to the suggested Council date of 27 September 2023 being amended to 20 September 2023.</AI5>

 

           RESOLVED:

 

1)             That the Council be recommended to approve the dates of full Council Meetings, as follows: 17 May 2023 (Annual), 28 June 2023,

20 September 2023, 15 November 2023, 24 January 2024,

6 March 2024, 15 May 2024 (Annual).

 

2)             That the Programme of other formal Meetings set out in Appendix A of the report be approved.

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