Agenda and minutes

Prayers were led by Reverend Jill Bentall.

The apologies of Councillor Finlay were noted.

There was no public participation.

Councillors Adams-King, Borg-Neal, A Dowden, Gidley, Tasker and Warnes declared a personal interest in Item 6, Contractual Matters.

Resolved:

That, pursuant Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following report on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the following Paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended, indicated below. The public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the Public interest in disclosing the information for the reason given below:

Contractual Matters  Paragraph 3

It is considered that this report contains exempt information within the meaning of paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, being that the information relates to the financial or business affairs of any person (including the authority holding that information). It is further considered that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Consideration was given to the report of Community and Leisure Portfolio Holder which considered a contractual matter.

Having considered the options and for the reasons set out in the report, Council agreed to the following:

Resolved:

That Officers be authorised to take the actions detailed within Option E at paragraph 5 to the report.