Declarations of Interest
To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.
Minutes:
The Chairman reminded members of the letter previously circulated from the Monitoring Officer dated 9 January 2017 which made particular reference to interests in the context of considering the budget and where members had tenancies with the Council.
Upon the advice of the Monitoring Officer, it was clarified that being a tenant of a Housing Association was not a disclosable interest in reference to the budget.
Councillor Steve Oldrieve stated that whilst he did not have a disclosable interest on the Pay Policy Statement, he would not vote on the matter.
Declarations of Interest
To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.
Minutes:
The Chairman reminded members of the letter previously circulated from the Monitoring Officer dated 2 February 2016 which made particular reference to interests in the context of considering the budget and where members had tenancies with the Council.
Councillor Brian Dalton declared a disclosable pecuniary interest in the Budget in so far as it related to the housing revenue account as he held a garage tenancy with the Council. Councillor Dalton indicated he would withdraw from the meeting when a separate vote would be taken on the housing revenue account details.