To receive apologies for absence.

To receive any declarations of interest by Members in respect of items on the Agenda.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 2nd July, 2004

To consider a suggested protocol to guide members in their use of council resources.

Wards: County-wide

To consider any applications for dispensation received from Town and Parish Councils.

Wards: County-wide

To note issues arising from the Third Annual assembly of Standards Committees held in September, 2004.

Wards: County-wide

To note that the ODPM Housing, Planning , Local Government and the Regions Committee has resolved to carry out an inquiry into the role and effectiveness of the SBE and has invited written evidence by 29th October, 2004.

Wards: County-wide

To inform the Standards Committee of the outcome of recent hearings at the Adjudication Panel for England (APE) and local Standards Committees.

Wards: County-wide

To note the following dates schedule for the remainder of the municipal year. Additional dates may be necessary to deal with any cases that are referred to the Committee by the Standards Board for England for investigation:-

3 December 2004

18 February 2005

EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS

In the opinion of the Proper Officer, the next item will not be, or is likely not to be, open to the public and press at the time it is considered.

RECOMMENDATION:
That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12(A) of the Act, as indicated below.

To update the Committee about determinations by the Standards Board for England in 2004 concerning the County.

This item discloses information relating to the financial or business affairs of a particular person (other than the Authority).