Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Law & Governance / Monitoring Officer

The Council gave consideration to the report as set out on pages 15-20 of the agenda, which asked it to note a finding of maladministration by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman in relation to a noise complaint from a resident.

The Head of Law & Governance provided the Council with a summary of the findings contained in the Ombudsman’s decision notice, and confirmed that the recommended actions had been implemented accordingly. Members were advised to note that the details of the Ombudsman’s investigation remained confidential.

It was noted that the Leicester Mercury had published an article on 02 October 2018 in relation to the Ombudsman’s findings which was factually inaccurate, insofar as it claimed that the Council had been fined £200. In fact, a compensation payment of £200 had been made to the complainant in order to acknowledge the impact of the issues identified.

It was moved by K J Loydall JP, seconded by Mrs L M Broadley and

UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT:

The content of the report and appendix be noted.