Agenda and minutes

Overview and Scrutiny - Wednesday, 24th June, 2015 7.00 pm

Venue: Committee Room 3 Town Hall. View directions

Contact: J Bayley  Democratic Services Officer

Items
No. Item

11.

Apologies and named substitutes

To receive apologies for absence and details of any Councillor (or co-optee substitute) nominated to attend this meeting in place of a member of this Committee.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received form Councillors Andrew Fry and Gay Hopkins with Councillors Pattie Hill and Tom Baker-Price present as substitutes respectively.

 

 

12.

Declarations of interest and of Party Whip

To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests, and any Party Whip.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest nor of any party whip.

 

 

13.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

Should it be necessary, in the opinion of the Borough Director, during the course of the meeting to consider excluding the public from the meeting on the grounds that exempt information is likely to be divulged, it may be necessary to move the following resolution:

“That, under S.100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following matter(s) on the grounds that it/they involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs (to be specified) of Part 1 of Schedule 12 (A) of the said Act”.

 

These paragraphs are as follows:

Subject to the “public interest” test, information relating to:

·         Para 1 – any individual;

·         Para 2 – the identity of any individual;

·         Para 3 – financial or business affairs;

·         Para 4 – labour relations matters;

·         Para 5 – legal professional privilege;

·         Para 6 –  a notice, order or direction;

·         Para 7 – the prevention, investigation or

                     prosecution of crime;

                     and may need to be considered as ‘exempt’.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED that

 

under S.100 I of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following matters on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12 (A) of the said Act, as amended.

 

Item 13 – Review of the Operation of Leisure Services – Pre-scrutiny

 

14.

Review of the Operation of Leisure Services - Pre-Scrutiny

To consider further information about the review of the operation of leisure services as requested at the previous meeting of the Committee.

 

(Report attached)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

(During consideration of this item Members discussed matters that necessitated the disclosure of exempt information. It was therefore agreed to exclude the press and public prior to any debate on the grounds that information would be revealed relating to the financial or business affairs of a particular person (including the authority holding that information).

 

15.

Future Management of Redditch Outdoor Market - Pre-Scrutiny

To consider further information about the future Management of Redditch Outdoor Market.

 

(Verbal report to follow)

Minutes:

The Chair explained to Members that although the Future Management of Redditch Outdoor Market consultant’s report had been requested it had not been provided for the consideration of the Committee.  It was confirmed that under the Council’s Constitution and relevant legislation, Overview and Scrutiny was not entitled to reports in draft form and this included the document the Committee had requested.  It was within the gift of the Executive Committee to determine whether to release such documents and on this occasion it had declined the Committee’s request.  The Chair further explained that although the relevant lead Officer had agreed to attend the meeting, she had informed him that he was no longer required. The Committee would receive the report following its publication on 6th July 2015 and would consider it at its next meeting on 7th July 2015.