Issue - meetings

The Committee was informed that the Member & Officer Protocol had been revised to ensure good working relationships between elected members and officers. The revised Protocol included a new section to reflect the changes to the Speak Up Policy agreed by the Committee in January 2020, which provided for specific councillors to be reporting options for raising a concern under the Policy. The section added to the Member & Officer Protocol reflected that any concerns of wrongdoing raised by officers with the relevant Members in accordance with the Speak Up Policy would not be treated as a breach of the Protocol.

It was noted that the numbering of the document would be updated once all changes had been finalised.

RECOMMENDED to the Full Council that the revised Member Officer Protocol, as set out at Annex A to these minutes, be adopted.