Minutes of the Standards Sub-Committee

17 October 2024

 

 

Present:

Young (Chair)

 

 

Councillors:

 

T. Burrell

S.A. Dunn

 

M.J. Lee

 

 

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Determination of Complaint against Councillor Sexton

 

The Standards Sub-Committee (Hearings), having reviewed the evidence before it, RESOLVED that:

  1. Spelthorne Borough Councillor Jo Sexton had breached paragraph 1.2 of the Council’s Member Code of Conduct which relates to treating local authority employees with respect to the role they play and abiding by the Member -Officer Relations Protocol set out in Part 5c of the Constitution.
  2. Spelthorne Borough Councillor Jo Sexton had not breached paragraph 2.1 of the Council’s Code of Conduct which relates to bullying any person.

 

The Sub-Committee considered the sanctions available and decided that

  1. Councillor Jo Sexton should issue a private apology to the complainant; and
  2. the Monitoring Officer to publish the Sub-committee’s findings in respect of Councillor Jo Sexton on the Council’s website.

 

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