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    Contact Us

    Address:
    The Guildhall
    Frankwell Quay
    Shrewsbury
    SY3 8HQ
     
    Telephone:
    01743 281000
     
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    Standards Committee

    The Council has appointed a Standards Committee to encourage and maintain high standards of conduct and probity for Members and Officers.
     
    It has the following roles and functions:
    • Promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct by Councillors.
    • Assisting Councillors to observe the Members' Code of Conduct.
    • Advising the Council on the adoption or revision of the Members' Code of Conduct.
    • Monitoring the operation of the Members' Code of Conduct.
    • Advising, training or arranging to train Councillors on matters relating to the Members' Code of Conduct.
    • Granting dispensations to Councillors from requirements relating to interests set out in the Members' Code of Conduct.
    • Dealing with any reports from a case tribunal or interim case tribunal, and any report from the monitoring officer on any matter which is referred by an ethical standards officer to the monitoring officer.
    • Overview of internal and external audit, whistleblowing policy, complaints handling and Ombudsman investigations.

    The following persons have been appointed to serve on the Committee for the current municipal year:

    Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council

    Parish Councillors 

    • Councillor Mrs B Carlyle
    • Councillor Mrs E Francis
    • Councillor P E Davies

    Independent Members

    • Mr L J Bradburn
    • Ms J Buckley (Chairman)
    • Mr A J Till
    • Vacancy
    The Committee dates have been programmed into the meetings timetable.
     

    Complaint About Member Conduct

    Changes to the complaints procedure

    Since 8 May 2008 the responsibility for considering complaints that a member may have breached the Code of Conduct has moved to the Standards Committees of local authorities.

    What this means to you

    After 8 May 2008 if you want to complain about the conduct of a member of Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council or a member of one of our parish or town councils, you must submit your complaint to:

    Mr G. White

    Monitoring Officer

    C/O The Assessment Sub-Committee

    Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council

    The Guildhall

    Frankwell Quay

    Shrewsbury

    SY3 8HQ

    A copy of the complaint form can be obtained from the above address or it is available to download from this website.

    Standards Complaint Form.doc

    Please note that the Assessment Sub-Committee can only deal with complaints about the behaviour of a member. It will not deal with complaints about matters that are not covered by the members' Code of Conduct.

    If you make a complaint to the Assessment Sub-Committee it must be about why you think a member has not followed the Code of Conduct.

    Examples of this include:

    • Unlawfully discriminating against someone
    • Failing to declare a personal/prejudicial interest
    • Bullying
    • Failing to treat people with respect
    • Using their position improperly, to their own or someone else's advantage.

    For more information about behaviour covered by the Code of Conduct please visit the Standards Board for England's website at

     

    Archived Standards Committee Papers

    This area contains the most recent agendas, reports and minutes for this committee.

    Papers for older meetings have been archived to: