Issue - meetings
Pros and Cons of Independent Members
Meeting: 23/07/2020 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 56)
56 Pros and Cons of Independent Members 
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(Report of the Head of Audit & Governance and Monitoring Officer)
Minutes:
The Head of Audit and Governance & Monitoring Officer briefed the Audit & Governance Committee on the ‘pros and cons’ of appointing independent member/s to the Audit & Governance Committee and a proposed roadmap for a potential appointment process should the Committee wish to proceed. The Committee debated in detail the pros and cons of independent member appointments and whether to remunerate.
The Committee requested that the 5 year time restriction on candidates eligibility in that they must not be a Councillor or officer of the Council in the preceding five years prior to appointment, be verified as to whether this was law or whether a shorter period could suffice.
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RESOLVED |
That the Committee;
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Considered the report and decided to proceed with the process to appoint up to two independent member/s to the Audit & Governance Committee.
That those independent member positions be unremunerated, but subject to reasonable travel allowances. |
(Moved by Councillor M Summers and seconded by Councillor C Cooke)
