Issue - meetings

[To consider a report on the establishment of a training programme for the Parish Councils on ethical Governance issues.]

Consideration was given to a report which proposed the establishment of a training programme for the parish councils on ethical governance issues.  It was noted that both the Bromsgrove Area Committee of the Worcestershire County Association of Local Councils ('CALC') and the Parish Councils' Forum had been consulted on the proposal and were in support of this.

The Deputy Monitoring Officer advised that officers would begin rolling out the programme of training to the parishes once the new Members' Code of Conduct had been had been published and the accompanying guidance distributed. 

RESOLVED:

(a)    that the proposal for the establishment of an ethical governance training programme for the parish councils be approved;

(b)    that the Monitoring Officer be charged with formulating such a training programme, based on the wishes of the parish councils and in accordance with the general terms outlined in the report;

(c)     that details of the final training programme be referred to the Standards Committee for information; and

(d)    that authority be delegated to the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the Chairman of the Standards Committee, to make any necessary changes to the training programme in the light of any significant changes to the Members’ Code of Conduct and/or new guidance/legislation issued in relation to ethical governance.