Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies.

At this point in the meeting declarations of interest are received from Members in any of the agenda items under consideration at the meeting. Members are asked to complete the green interest forms circulated to groups in their pre-meetings (which will be announced at the Council Meeting) to indicate:

(a) The agenda item number in which they have an interest to declare.

(b) The nature of their interest.

(c) Whether their interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or an other interest,  (as defined in Part 2, A and B of the Code of Conduct and Rules for Registration of Interests)

Any Member who needs to clarify any matters relating to the declaration of interests is recommended to seek advice from the Council’s Monitoring Officeror a member of his staff before the meeting to expedite dealing with the item during the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest made.

On a motion from Councillor Karen Warrington, seconded by Councillor Kevin Guy, it was

RESOLVED that the minutes of 22^nd July 2021 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

There were none.

If there is any urgent business arising since the formal agenda was published, the Chair will announce this and give reasons why it has been agreed for consideration at this meeting. In making this decision, the Chair will, where practicable, have consulted with the Leaders of the Political Groups. Any documentation on urgent business will be circulated at the meeting, if not made available previously.

There were no items of urgent business.

The Democratic Services Manager will announce any submissions received. The Council will be invited to decide what action it wishes to take, if any, on the matters raised in these submissions. As the questions received and the answers given will be circulated in written form there is no requirement for them to be read out at the meeting. The questions and answers will be published with the draft minutes.

There were no public statements made at this meeting, although Members noted the statements made at the virtual meeting on 15^th September 2021.

On a motion from Councillor Kevin Guy, seconded by Councillor Robin Moss, it was unanimously

RESOLVED to note the Charitable Trust Board Annual report.

On a motion from Councillor Karen Warrington, seconded by Councillor Karen Walker, it was anonymously

RESOLVED to note the Policy Development & Scrutiny Annual report 2020-21.

There were no items at this meeting, although Members noted the question and statement that had been submitted to the virtual meeting on 15^th September 2021.