Decision details

Member Code of Conduct

Decision Maker: Cabinet, County Council

Decision status: Recommendations approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To consider the changes proposed by the LGA Model Code of Conduct and whether to revise the current Member Code of Conduct

Decisions:

In introducing the report Councillor Kam Kaur stated that with the upcoming elections a review of the Code of Conduct was timely. The Local Government Association has published a model code of conduct. The council has chosen to use elements of this rather than the entire document.

 

Councillor Jerry Roodhouse (Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group) welcomed the update.

 

Councillor Izzi Seccombe added that the code is the basis of how members behave in Warwickshire. Councillor Colin Hayfield suggested that the Code of Conduct has rarely been called upon in Warwickshire as officers and members have always behaved in a friendly and professional manner. This view was echoed by Councillor Andy Crump (Portfolio Holder for Fire & Rescue and Community Safety).

 

Resolved:

 

That the Cabinet welcomes the draft Code of Conduct to Council and commends it to council.

Report author: Jane Pollard

Publication date: 09/04/2021

Date of decision: 08/04/2021

Decided at meeting: 08/04/2021 - Cabinet

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