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RESOLVED: That the Committee noted the guidance
attached at Appendix 2 titled ‘The Golden Triangle:
Governance Roles and Responsibilities’.
 
RECOMMENDED
TO FULL COUNCIL: That Full Council approve and adopt the
Monitoring Officer Protocol into the Constitution, subject to the
comments and changes put forward by the Standards Committee.
 
REASON
FOR RECOMMENDATION:

(1) 
The role of the Monitoring Officer has expanded over recent years.
Monitoring Officers are also required to act as consultants to
anyone within the Council on matters of legality,
maladministration, and impropriety.

(2) 
It is therefore considered that it would be good practice for the
Council to introduce an appropriate Protocol.
 

(3) 
In August 2025, Lawyers in Local Government (LLG), the Chartered
Institute for Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA) and the
Society for Local Authority Chief Executives & Senior Managers
(SOLACE) collaborated to produce a new guide: ‘The Golden
Triangle: Governance Roles and Responsibilities’ (attached at
Appendix 2). Members are invited to give consideration to this
guidance to enhance their overall understanding of the interwoven
nature of the roles of the three statutory officers within the
Council.