Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Allison Bucknell (who was substituted by Cllr Tony Trotman), Cllr John Smale, Cllr David Pollitt, Cllr David Jenkins, Cllr Mike Hewitt, Cllr Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE and Cllr Graham Wright.

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

There were no declarations of interest.

There were no Chairman’s announcements.

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public.

Statements

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Questions

To receive any questions from members of the public or members of the Council received in accordance with the constitution.

Those wishing to ask questions are required to give notice of any such questions in writing to the officer named on the front of this agenda no later than 5pm on Monday 19 September 2016 in order to be guaranteed of a written response. In order to receive a verbal response questions must be submitted no later than 5pm on Wednesday 21 September 2016. Please contact the officer named on the front of this agenda for further advice. Questions may be asked without notice if the Chairman decides that the matter is urgent.

Details of any questions received will be circulated to Committee members prior to the meeting and made available at the meeting and on the Council’s website.

There were no questions or statements submitted.

To note that the next scheduled meeting of this Committee is scheduled to be held on Wednesday 2 November 2016, in the Kennet Room, County Hall, Trowbridge, starting at 10.30am.

Resolved:

To note that the next meeting of the Committee was scheduled to be held on Wednesday 2 November 2016, in the Kennet Room, County Hall, Trowbridge, starting at 10.30am.

There were no items of urgent business.

To considerpassing thefollowing resolution:

Toagree thatin accordancewith Section100A(4) ofthe LocalGovernment Act 1972 toexclude thepublic fromthe meetingfor thebusiness specifiedin Item Number8 (includingthe  purposeof  the   meeting)because itis likely that ifmembers ofthe publicwere presentthere wouldbe disclosureto them ofexempt informationas definedin paragraph1 ofPart Iof Schedule12A  to the Actand thepublic interestin withholdingthe  informationoutweighs the public interestin disclosingthe informationto thepublic

Resolved:

To agree thatin accordancewith Section100A(4) ofthe LocalGovernment Act 1972 toexclude thepublic fromthe meetingfor thebusiness specifiedin Minute Number 68(includingthe  purposeof  the   meeting)because itis likely that ifmembers ofthe publicwere presentthere wouldbe disclosureto them ofexempt informationas definedin paragraph1 ofPart Iof Schedule12A  to the Actand thepublic interestin withholdingthe  informationoutweighs the public interestin disclosingthe informationto thepublic.

A confidential report by the Associate Director, People & Business is attached.

Consideration was given to a confidential report from the Associate Director,

People & Business in which the Committee was asked to consider a request

from a former employee for early release of deferred pension benefits held in

the Local Government Pension Scheme on compassionate grounds.

After discussion,

Resolved:

To agree to the early release of the former employee’s deferred pension

benefits, as set out in the report, on compassionate grounds.