Cllr. Fleming moved and Cllr. Mrs Bracken seconded that the recommendations of the Standards Committee held on 26 January 2012 be approved.

The report provided an overview of the work of the Monitoring Officer, the work of the Standards Committee and the general governance arrangements within the Council in the past year.  The report also set out the Monitoring Officer’s statutory responsibilities, summarising how these duties had been discharged during 2011 in accordance with the Council’s constitution, legislative requirements and drew attention to issues requiring attention in the next calendar year.

Resolved that the Monitoring Officer’s Annual Report be noted.