Agenda and minutes

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.

There were none.

To receive notice of any business not on the agenda which 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 Chair for the Pension Committee for the remainder of the 2017/18 municipal year.

Councillor Hall proposed, and Councillor Chowdhury seconded, that Councillor Hay-Justice be appointed as Chair of the Committee.

Peter Howard proposed that Councillor Hopley be appointed as Chair of the Committee.

After speeches in favour of the proposed nominees the first motion, to appoint Councillor Hay-Justice as Chair, was put to the vote. The motion was put to the vote and was carried.

The Committee therefore RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Hay-Justice as Chair for the Pension Committee.

After the vote on the Chair, the Committee considered the appointment of a Vice-Chair. Councillor Hay-Justice proposed, and Councillor Canning seconded, that Councillor Hall be appointed as Vice-Chair for the Committee.

The motion was put to the vote and was carried.

The Committee therefore RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Hall as Vice-Chair for the Pension Committee.

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.”

Not required.