Agenda and minutes

Resolved: that Councillor Crockford-Hawley be elected Chairperson for the meeting.

Councillor Crockford-Hawley in the Chair

A Member must declare any disclosable pecuniary interest where it relates to any matter being considered at the meeting. A declaration of a disclosable pecuniary interest should indicate the interest and the agenda item to which it relates. A Member is not permitted to participate in this agenda item by law and should immediately leave the meeting before the start of any debate.

If the Member leaves the meeting in respect of a declaration, he or she should ensure that the Chairman is aware of this before he or she leaves to enable their exit from the meeting to be recorded in the minutes in accordance with Standing Order 37.

None.

The Sub-Committee will be invited to pass the following resolution:

“(1)      That the press, public, and officers not required by the Members, the Chief Executive or the Director, to remain during the exempt session, be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the ground that its consideration will involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Section 100I of the Local Government Act 1972, by virtue of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act”

Also, if appropriate, the following resolution should be passed –

“(2)      That members of the Council who are not members of this Sub-Committee be invited to remain.”

The Sub-Committee was invited to pass the following resolution:

“(1)      That the press, public, and officers not required by the Members, the Chief Executive or the Director, to remain during the exempt session, be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the ground that its consideration will involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Section 100I of the Local Government Act 1972, by virtue of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act”

Also, if appropriate, the following resolution should be passed –

“(2)      That members of the Council who are not members of this Sub-Committee be invited to remain.”

Resolved: that the resolutions be passed.

Item                             Reason for Exemption

Minute No.                  Paragraphs 1 & 2 of Schedule 12A of the Local

STD 4                          Government Act 1972

Report of Deputy Monitoring Officer

Sara Saunders, Deputy Monitoring Officer, outlined the complaints and then responded to questions from the Sub-Committee.

The Sub-Committee considered the complaint, together with the responses from the Councillors concerned, and received the views of the Independent Town Councillor and the Independent Member.

After much deliberation, the Sub-Committee

Resolved: that the matter be referred for further investigation by the Monitoring Officer.