The monitoring officer also has a key role in promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct amongst council members, particularly through support to the standards committee. The monitoring officer provides advice and support to members of the County Council to help them to follow the code of conduct and the County Council's other rules and procedures, and is also the link between members and the standards committee.
The monitoring officer can be contacted as follows:
Carole Dunn
Assistant chief executive (legal and democratic services) and monitoring officer
North Yorkshire County Council
County Hall
Northallerton
North Yorkshire
DL7 8AD
Telephone: 01609 532173
E-mail: carole.dunn@northyorks.gov.uk
In the absence of the monitoring officer, Stephen Knight is the deputy monitoring officer and can be contacted as follows:
Stephen Knight
Principal officer democracy and governance
North Yorkshire County Council
County Hall
Northallerton
North Yorkshire
DL7 8AD
Telephone: 01609 532101
E-mail: stephen.knight@northyorks.gov.uk