Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence from members of the Committee

There were no apologies for absence.

In accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct and the statutory provisions of the Localism Act, Members and co-opted Members of the Council are reminded that it is a requirement to register disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs) and gifts and hospitality to the value of which exceeds £50 or multiple gifts and/or instances of hospitality with a cumulative value of £50 or more when received from a single donor within a rolling twelve month period. In addition, Members and co-opted Members are reminded that unless their disclosable pecuniary interest is registered on the register of interests or is the subject of a pending notification to the Monitoring Officer, they are required to disclose those disclosable pecuniary interests at the meeting. This should be done by completing the Disclosure of Interest form and handing it to the Democratic Services representative at the start of the meeting. The Chair will then invite Members to make their disclosure orally at the commencement of Agenda item 3. Completed disclosure forms will be provided to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion on the Register of Members’ Interests.

Members confirmed that their entries on the Council’s register of interests were up to date and that they had no further disclosures to make.

To receive notice from the Chair of any business not on the Agenda which should, in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

There were no items of urgent business.

To appoint a Vice-Chair for the remainder of the 2020/21 municipal year.

Having been moved by Councillor Hamida Ali and seconded by Councillor Prince, it was put to the vote and

RESOLVED:

That Councillor King be appointed Vice-Chair of the Appointments Committee for the remainder of the 2020/21 Municipal Year.

To consider a report of the Chief Executive.

Members considered the Part A report in relation to the review of Management Arrangements. As there were no questions to be asked by the committee during the Part A section of the meeting, it was

RESOLVED:

That the Part A report be noted.

The following motion is to be moved and seconded where it is proposed to exclude the press and public from the remainder of a meeting:

“That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.”

The following motion was proposed by Councillor Hamida Ali, seconded by Councillor Young and agreed by the Committee to exclude the press and public for the remainder of the meeting.

“That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within paragraphs 1 and 2 as indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended”.

To consider a report of the Chief Executive.

Please note that a Part B minute has also been produced for this item.