Agenda

Members are reminded of their responsibility to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interest or Other Disclosable Interest which they have in any item of business on the agenda, no later than when that item is reached or as soon as the interest becomes apparent and, with Disclosable Pecuniary interests, to leave the meeting during any discussion or voting on the item.

Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012

Notice is hereby given that under Regulation 10 of the above, Councillor Norman Plumpton Walsh, as Chair of the Safer Policy and Performance Board, has agreed to the attached report item of business being considered as a Key Decision, as the item of business is considered urgent and cannot reasonably be deferred for the reason stated below:

REASON:

Due to the delay in the evaluation of the warden contract this resulted in a delay in the reporting process.   The favourable option has been evaluated to extend the contracts, which now needs to be secured as it is time limited.

PART II

In this case the Board has a discretion to exclude the press and public and, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, it is RECOMMENDED that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, having been satisfied that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

Reason for taking the item in Part II:

The report contains information which has the potential to compromise the financial and business affairs of the Council and third parties.  Applying the exemption is required to avoid the Council breaching its contractual obligations and compromising its financial position.

Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012

Notice is hereby given that under Regulations 5 of the above, Councillor Logan, as Chair of the Children, Young People and Families Policy and Performance Board, has agreed to the above item of business being considered as a Decision in Part II, as the item of business is considered urgent and cannot reasonably be deferred for the reason stated below:

REASON:

The report will include details and information relating to employee consultation and/or Trade Union negotiations.