Issue - decisions

To approve the policy.

The key changes are as follows:

• Inclusion of references to the Council’s ambition of becoming a partner and place shaper of choice, in particular, highlighting the Chief Executive and directors’ key roles in this context – see para. 1, page 2, and para. 23, page 6.
• Addition of practical guidance sections within the body of the policy, rather than as an appendix, pages 5 and 7.
• Addition of a paragraph setting out the responsibilities regarding the completion of the declaration form, and submission to the Governance Team inbox – see para. 30, page 8.
• Change to using titles only, for example Monitoring Officer.
• For the sake of consistency across other Governance policies, we have opted for Officer rather than Employee, however we do state that the policy covers all employees under a contract of employment with the council.