Venue: Committee Room VIII, County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge
Contact: Marie Gondlach
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Election of Chairman To confirm the Chairman of the meeting who must be an Independent member.
Minutes: Mrs Jane Bayley was confirmed as Chairman. |
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Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations of personal or prejudicial interest. Minutes: There were no Declarations of Interest. |
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Consideration of a dispensation request by Councillor Philippa Ridout of Wiltshire Council To consider a dispensation request by Councillor Philippa Ridout of Wiltshire Council. Supporting documents:
Minutes: The Monitoring Officer corrected an error in paragraph 4, page 1 of the agenda, which should state Warminster Town Council (not Trowbridge).
The Monitoring Officer then introduced a report presenting a dispensation request received from Councillor Philippa Ridout, a member of Wiltshire Council and Warminster Town Council, on 25 May 2010. The request related to future grant applications and community asset transfer requests made by Warminster Town Council to the Warminster Area Board, who are the decision makers in these matters on behalf of Wiltshire Council
He explained the law and guidance relevant to this request and advised that, in his view, a personal and prejudicial interest would arise as those matters affect the financial position of the Town Council. He also stated that the legal criteria had been met as three out of the five members (more than 50%) of the Area Board were dual hatted members (members of Warminster Town Council as well as Wiltshire Council) and would be prohibited from voting at a meeting as a result of their prejudicial interest under the Code of Conduct. He reminded the Sub-Committee that, in reaching a decision, they must have regard to guidance from Standards for England and must take into account the local criteria listed in paragraph 8 c. on page 2 of the agenda, except item iii., the impact on the outcome of the proposed vote, as it did not apply in this case. He stated that he was not aware of any other relevant circumstances. He also reminded them that there were different options when granting a dispensation, as listed in paragraph 7, on page 1 of the agenda.
The Monitoring Officer pointed out that each application for a dispensation had to be considered on its own merits and any dispensations that have already been granted to other members of the same body would have to be disregarded.
The Sub-Committee,
therefore, Resolved:
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To grant a dispensation to Councillor Philippa Ridout to
speak and vote on any item of business of Warminster Area
Board concerning the consideration of
grant applications and community asset transfer requests by
Warminster Town Council. 2. The dispensation in 1. above to be effective until 30 April 2013.
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Consideration of a dispensation request by Councillor Keith Humphries of Wiltshire Council To consider a dispensation request by Councillor Keith Humphries of Wiltshire Council.
Supporting documents:
Minutes: The Sub-Committee were satisfied that the circumstances of this request were essentially the same as that in 3 above and therefore approached it on the same basis.
Whilst Councillor Keith Humphries had not mentioned community asset transfers in his dispensation request, the Sub-Committee felt it was appropriate for this to be included and it was, therefore,
Resolved:
1.
To grant a dispensation to Councillor Keith Humphries to speak and
vote on any item of business of Warminster Area Board concerning the consideration of grant applications
and community asset transfer requests by Warminster Town
Council. 2. The dispensation in 1. above to be effective until 30 April 2013.
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Consideration of a dispensation request by Councillor Andrew Davis of Wiltshire Council To consider a dispensation request by Councillor Andrew Davis of Wiltshire Council. Supporting documents:
Minutes:
Whilst Councillor Andrew Davis had not mentioned community asset transfers in his dispensation request, the Sub-Committee felt it was appropriate for this to be included and it was, therefore,
Resolved:
1. To grant a dispensation to Councillor Andrew
Davis to speak and vote on any item of business of Warminster Area
Board concerning the consideration of
grant applications and community asset transfer requests by
Warminster Town Council. 2. The dispensation in 1. above to be effective until 30 April 2013.
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