Independant Co-Opted Members

Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council • Nuneaton, Warwickshire, GB • 3d ago

Background

Standards Regime

The Borough Council established a Standards Committee in 1999. The Localism Act ('the Act') received Royal Assent in November 2011. The Act makes fundamental changes to the system of regulation of standards of conduct for elected and co-opted members of local authorities. Changes came into effect on 1 July 2012.

From July 2012 the Council adopted its own code of conduct, consistent with the Nolan Principles, by which the conduct of their members will be judged.

Scrutiny

Following the introduction of the Local Government Act 2000, Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council moved to an Executive decision-making model which means that rather than the full Council of 38 Councillors making the decisions, authority was given to a Cabinet of 6 Councillors to make the majority of decisions for the Council. In order to ensure that these 6 Councillors conducted business in a right and proper manner, a system of checks and balances was put in place in the form of scrutiny. The role of the scrutiny members is to oversee the decisions made by Cabinet, help it form and review policies to keep them current and where appropriate, recommend new ways of addressing local issues.

The Council is now looking for 4 people who are independent and politically impartial of the Council. This recruitment pack sets out the role description, person specification, eligibility for appointment and the application form for the posts:

Audit and Standards Committee
Business, Regeneration and Planning Overview and Scrutiny Panel
Housing and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel
Environment and Leisure Overview and Scrutiny Panel

Please return the completed form to Member Services, Democratic Services Department, Town Hall, Coton Road, Nuneaton, CV11 5AA or email: member.services@nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk

For an informal discussion regarding the posts for the Audit & Standards Committee, or Overview & Scrutiny Panels, please contact Matthew Wallbank, Assistant Director $ú Democracy and Governance on 02476 376258 or matthew.wallbank@nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk

For the avoidance of doubt, the Health and Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Panel has an appointed co-opted member.