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Promoting high standards of conduct within the authority
Local authorities have a statutory duty to promote and maintain high standards of conduct by member and co-opted members of the authority.
The audit and governance committee makes sure the council fulfils this duty and deals with complaints and appeals under the councillors' code of conduct.
The Audit and Governance committee oversees of the council's ethical framework. This includes:
The code of conduct complaints procedure has the following key stages:
The expected average time frame for dealing with a complaint is as follows:
These are maximum times and provide for a maximum length of about five months (including appeal) but it is expected that most complaints will be dealt with within three months.
Councillors code of conduct complaints procedure (Word)
The council has no legal authority to suspend, disqualify or withdraw resources or allowances as a response to a breach of the code of conduct.
However the Audit and Governance committee can:
If you have a complaint about a councillor or you think a councillor has breached the council's code of conduct, write to Mark Hynes the council's Monitoring Officer and Director of Governance and Law.
Mark Hynes
Monitoring Officer
Waltham Forest Council
Waltham Forest Town Hall
Forest Road
Walthamstow
E17 4JF
Email Mark.hynes@walthamforest.gov.uk
An independent person provides advice on the code of conduct to the council.
The council appointed Daniel Fluskey as its Independent Person in 2012. Mr Fluskey is a Waltham Forest resident, works in the charity sector, and has experience of mediation and conflict resolution.
The independent person doesn’t investigate individual complaints.