Agenda

To determine any items of business which the Chairman decides should be considered as a matter of urgency pursuant to Section 100B (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

To approve as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee held on 03 October 2023.

Members are asked at this stage to declare any interests that they may have in any of the following items on the agenda. The Code of Conduct for Members requires that declarations include the nature of the interest and whether it is a pecuniary interest.

Members are asked to consider the investigation report and decide on any further action. Recommendations: To consider whether the allegations against the subject member of Fakenham Town Council are upheld and if so whether and what sanction might be appropriate to recommend to Fakenham Town Council

To receive and note excerpts from the annual Monitoring Officer’s Report for 2023-24 that relate to the Standards Committee and Code of Conduct complaints.

To pass the following resolution:

“That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A (as amended) to the Act”.