Standards Committee — Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

The Standards Committee deals with the conduct of Councillors and is responsible for ensuring the adopted arrangements to deal with complaints against Councillors are effective and that the Council operates to high ethical standards. The arrangements for handling complaints delegates authority to the Chair of the Standards Committee to consider and determine complaints following consultation with fellow committee members, independent persons and the Monitoring Officer. This is typically through a consultation meeting which is not open to the public. In most cases, the Chair will determine the complaint through this consultation process, but if not, then an independent investigation may be commissioned. The outcome of a commissioned investigation is reported to the Standards Committee. A report is presented to the formal public Standards Committee providing an anonymised summary of new, pending and closed complaints on a rolling basis. Details of how to make an official complaint against a councillor and the arrangements for handling complaints is set out in Part 6 of the Constitution.

Members

Vanessa Ricketts · Chair

Bernadette Nanovo · Member

Brian Chick · Member

Gavin Wright · Member

George Farquhar · Member

Marcus Andrews · Member

Rachel Pattinson-West · Member

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