Issue - items at meetings - Procedural Business

(a)   Declaration of Substitutes: Where Councillors are unable to attend a meeting, a substitute Member from the same Political Group may attend, speak and vote in their place for that meeting.

(b)  Declarations of Interest:

(a)         Disclosable pecuniary interests not registered on the register of interests;

(b)         Any other interests required to be registered under the local code;

(c)         Any other general interest as a result of which a decision on the matter might reasonably be regarded as affecting you or a partner more than a majority of other people or businesses in the ward/s affected by the decision.

In each case, you need to declare

(i)           the item on the agenda the interest relates to;

(ii)         the nature of the interest; and

(iii)       whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest or some other interest.

If unsure, Members should seek advice from the committee lawyer or administrator preferably before the meeting.

(c)   Exclusion of Press and Public: To consider whether, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, or the nature of the proceedings, the press and public should be excluded from the meeting when any of the following items are under consideration.

NOTE:  Any item appearing in Part Two of the Agenda states in its heading the category under which the information disclosed in the report is exempt from disclosure and therefore not available to the public.

A list and description of the exempt categories is available for public inspection at Brighton and Hove Town Halls.

            Death of Chris Cooper

Before proceeding to the formal business of the meeting The Chair, Councillor Bowden referred to the sad and unexpected recent death of Chris Cooper a security guard based at King’s House who had also assisted at Council meetings. He had always carried out his duties with enthusiasm and good humour and would be much missed. Councillor Hawtree the Deputy Chair concurred with The Chair’s words as did other Members of the Committee.

41a     Declaration of Substitutes

41.1    There were none.

41b     Declarations of Interest

42.2    There were none.

42c     Exclusion of the Press and Public

42.3    In accordance with Section 100A of the Local Government Act (“The Act”), the Economic Development and Culture Committee considered whether the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any item of business on the grounds that it is likely in view of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during it, there would be disclosure to them of confidential information as defined in Section 100A(3) of the Act.

42.4    RESOLVED – That the press and public not be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any item on the agenda.