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Minutes of the Policy Committee held on Monday 10th December 2018 at 7pm in the Mayor�s Parlour, Town Hall, Abergavenny

Present:

            Cllr D Simcock (Chair)

Cllr P Simcock

In attendance:

J Lee (Town Clerk)

Appointment of a Chair for the meeting   Cllr D Simcock agreed to chair the meeting  
Apologies   Apologies for absence were received from Cllrs T Konieczny and M Groucutt    
Declarations of Interest   None  
To consider the following draft policies
Cllr Groucutt had edited a number of the polices that had previously been considered by this Committee. �

The following policies and minor amendments agreed.

Communication Policy
ACTION: JL to make agreed amendments to the Communication Policy in advance of Council on 9th January �

Social Media Policy � Need to remove all references to �you�
ACTION: JL to make agreed amendments to the Social Media Policy in advance of Council on 9th January �

Investment Policy
ACTION: JL to make agreed amendments to the Investment Policy in advance of Council on 9th January �

Complaints Procedure
Insertion of taking advice from MCC Monitoring Officer and insertion of independent person on Complaints Panel
ACTION: JL to make agreed amendments to the Complaints Procedure in advance of Council on 9th January

Member-Officer Protocol
ACTION: JL to make agreed amendments to the Member-Officer Protocol in advance of Council on 9th January �

Anti-bullying and Harassment Policy
Agreed to remove paragraphs relating to a grievance procedure from this policy and transfer into a Grievance Procedure.
ACTION: JL to make agreed amendments to the Anti-bullying and Harassment Policy in advance of Council on 9th January �
AOB   It was agreed that the following policies are drafted as matter of priority.   Grievance procedureDisciplinary procedureTraining PolicyHonours Policy  

Meeting closed at 8.30pm

ACTIONS

To make agreed amendments to the Communication Policy in advance of Council on 9th JanuaryJL
To make agreed amendments to the Social Media Policy in advance of Council on 9th JanuaryJL
To make agreed amendments to the Investment Policy in advance of Council on 9th JanuaryJL
To make agreed amendments to the Complaints Procedure in advance of Council on 9th JanuaryJL
To make agreed amendments to the Member-Officer Protocol in advance of Council on 9th JanuaryJL