SECTION 79 ETHICS/DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE

Section 79 Ethics/Disciplinary Committee
A. OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMITTEE : 1.To deal with matters of ethics and discipline of councillors. 2.To deal with the Register of financial interest. B. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE 1.Ensuring that declarations of financial interests are submitted. 2.Ensuring compilation of the Register of Financial Interest on an annual basis. 3.The Committee must comply with Item 7 of the Code of Conduct for Councillors. 4.The Committee is empowered to amend the Declaration of Financial Interests Form of Councillors and where the current declaration forms need amendment, a presentation must be made to the Committee. 5.The Committee must perform its functions and exercise its powers reasonably assigned to it by The Speaker of Council and in terms of resolutions taken in Council. 6.The Committee shall meet bi-monthly and report to council quarterly on its activities or as and when the cases it investigates are concluded. 7.The Chairperson shall have the power to convene special meeting of the Committee to consider urgent matters assigned to it in terms of 5 above. 8.The Committee shall have the power to investigate and make a finding on any alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Councillors and the Standing Rules in accordance with the procedure laid down in of Item 14 of the Code of Conduct and Standing Rules of Council. 9.The Committee shall have the power to make appropriate recommendations to Council in accordance with Item 14 of the Code of Conduct of Councillors. C. PROCEDURES OF THE COMMITTEE 1.Meetings of the Ethics/Disciplinary Committee must be held in closed session when the Committee considers a matter affecting a Councillor and the Committee regards that matter to be confidential. 2.A matter before the Committee is decided when there is agreement on the matter among the majority of the members present provided the quorum requirements are met. 3.In considering any matter assigned to it in terms of Clause 5 above regarding the conduct of councillors, the Committee must investigate the matter in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Councillors, any other applicable legislation and Chapter 11 of the Standing Rules of Council, 2013.

Section 79 Ethics/Disciplinary Committee

A. OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMITTEE :

1.To deal with matters of ethics and discipline of councillors.

2.To deal with the Register of financial interest.

B. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE

1.Ensuring that declarations of financial interests are submitted.

2.Ensuring compilation of the Register of Financial Interest on an annual basis.

3.The Committee must comply with Item 7 of the Code of Conduct for Councillors.

4.The Committee is empowered to amend the Declaration of Financial Interests Form of Councillors and where the current declaration forms need amendment, a presentation must be made to the Committee.

5.The Committee must perform its functions and exercise its powers reasonably assigned to it by The Speaker of Council and in terms of resolutions taken in Council.

6.The Committee shall meet bi-monthly and report to council quarterly on its activities or as and when the cases it investigates are concluded.

7.The Chairperson shall have the power to convene special meeting of the Committee to consider urgent matters assigned to it in terms of 5 above.

8.The Committee shall have the power to investigate and make a finding on any alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Councillors and the Standing Rules in accordance with the procedure laid down in of Item 14 of the Code of Conduct and Standing Rules of Council.

9.The Committee shall have the power to make appropriate recommendations to Council in accordance with Item 14 of the Code of Conduct of Councillors.

C. PROCEDURES OF THE COMMITTEE

1.Meetings of the Ethics/Disciplinary Committee must be held in closed session when the Committee considers a matter affecting a Councillor and the Committee regards that matter to be confidential.

2.A matter before the Committee is decided when there is agreement on the matter among the majority of the members present provided the quorum requirements are met.

3.In considering any matter assigned to it in terms of Clause 5 above regarding the conduct of councillors, the Committee must investigate the matter in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Councillors, any other applicable legislation and Chapter 11 of the Standing Rules of Council, 2013.