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Agenda Item No 7
That the Standards Committee consider the comments received.
To seek Standards Committee approval.
(1) That Stage 2 of the Local Dispute Resolution Procedure should not become mandatory.
(2) That internal procedures relating to the Members' Code of Conduct be revised to provide that any complaint lodged under the Procedure be brought to the attention of the Member against whom the complaint has been lodged within seven working days of it being received by the Monitoring Officer. Furthermore, if a Member, in lodging a complaint, has identified a specific witness(es) whom they wish to call to give evidence, details of the complaint (redacted if considered necessary) should also be forwarded to the witness(es), the contents of the Guidance be noted.
[Draft Procedure]
[Complaint Form]
[Procedure at Stage 3 Hearing]
Mrs. Karen Bowen, Democratic and Scrutiny Services Officer, Tel: 01446 709856
Ms. D. Marles, Monitoring Officer and Head of Legal and Democratic Services