To enable the Cabinet to consider the recommendation made to it by the Standards Committee in relation to a proposed amendment to Article 9 of the Council’s Constitution.

RESOLVED that Cabinet recommends to Full Council that Article 9.05(2) of the Council’s Constitution be amended to read as follows:-

“(2)      Composition:

·      Three Members of the Standards Committee and three non-voting co-opted Town and Parish Council members to be nominated by the Tendring District Association of Local Councils;

·      The nominated Town and Parish Council members will be of independent standing and will not have served as District or County Councillors for a period of four years prior to their nomination;

·      Tendring District Council would also prefer that the nominated Town and Parish Council members represented different parish/town councils; and

·      A member (or non-voting co-opted member) of the Town and Parish Councils’ Standards Sub-Committee will not be permitted to sit in that capacity for a hearing if that Member is the subject of the complaint or the complainant.  A substitute will be permitted, if they have undertaken specific Standards Committee training.”