Agenda and draft minutes

Full Council on 20 May 2025 delegated appointment of Chairmen/Vice-Chairman to the Monitoring Officer in consultation with Group Leaders. At the time of publication of this agenda no appointment had been confirmed.

If an appointment is made for the start of the meeting this will be confirmed. In the event no appointment is confirmed ahead of the meeting, Members will be asked to elect a temporary chairman to preside for this meeting.

At Full Council on 20 May 2025 the appointment of a Chairman and Vice-Chairman was delegated to the Monitoring Officer after consultation with Group Leaders. At the time of publication of the agenda no appointment had been made, necessitating an agenda item to elect a temporary Chairman to preside over the meeting.

Ahead of the meeting the Monitoring Officer approved Cllr Ian Thorn to be Chairman of the committee, and Cllr Mel Jacob to be Vice-Chairman. Accordingly, no election was necessary.

To receive any apologies or substitutions for the meeting.

Apologies were received from Cllrs Mel Jacob and Laura Mayes. Cllr Jacob was substituted by Cllr Gavin Grant, and Cllr Mayes was substituted by Cllr Ashley O’Neill.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 3 April 2025.

The minutes of the meeting held on 3 April 2025 were presented for consideration, and it was,

Resolved:

To approve and sign the minutes as a true and correct record.

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

There were no declarations of disclosable interests.

To receive any announcements through the Chairman.

There were no 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 29 May 2025 in order to be guaranteed of a written response. In order to receive a verbal response questions must be submitted no later than 5pm on2 June 2025. 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.

No statements or questions were submitted.

Any other items of business, which, in the opinion of the Chairman, should be considered as a matter of urgency. Urgent items of a confidential nature may be considered under Part II of this agenda.

There were no urgent items.

To consider passing the following resolution:-

To agree that in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public from the meeting for the business specified in Item No. 8 because it is likely that if members of the public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information to the public.

It was,

Resolved:

To agree that in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public from the meeting for the business specified in Minute No. 47 because it is likely that if members of the public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information to the public.

To appoint to the role of Director – Finance and Procurement.

The Committee undertook an interview process for the role of Director - Finance and Procurement.

It was then,

Resolved:

To appoint Sarah Higgins as Director - Finance and Procurement.