Issue - meetings

The Monitoring Officer reported that the quorum for the Board was three, with the majority or equal number of Independent Members.  It had been known in advance of the meeting that there would only be a maximum of three independent members in attendance and, therefore, arrangements had been made to ensure that there were no more than three Councillors in attendance.  In the event only one Councillor could attend as two Councillors were on other Council business and a third had indicated that they had an interest in some of the subject matter of the complaint and decided it would not be appropriate for them to attend the meeting.  

Also, as only the Independent Person who had been involved in reviewing the complaint was required to attend the meeting to enable the Board to receive their views, Mr Lindley was not required to attend either.  

The Monitoring Officer reported that arrangements had been made with Councillor Sood and Ms C Roberts (Independent Person) not to attend the meeting as their attendance would not be required in order to meet the quorum requirements for the meeting. 

Members were reminded that the quorum for the Board was three, with the majority or equal number of Independent Members.  It had been known in advance of the meeting that there would only be a maximum of two independent members in attendance, and, therefore, arrangements had been made to ensure that no more than two Councillors attended.   Also, there was only a requirement for the Independent Person involved in an investigation to be present.  Ms Roberts was not, therefore, required to attend either.