Agenda for Enterprise, Employment & Major Projects Cabinet Member Meeting on Tuesday, 9th December, 2008, 5.00pm

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Agenda, decisions and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 1, Hove Town Hall. View directions

Contact: Caroline De Marco, Democratic Services Officer 

Items
No. Item

32.

Procedural Business

    (a)   Declarations of Interest by all Members present of any personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

     

    (b)   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 2 of the Agenda states in its heading either that it is confidential or 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 categories of exempt information is available for public inspection at Brighton and Hove Town Halls.

     

    Minutes:

    32a     Declarations of Interests

     

    32.1    There were none

     

    32b     Exclusion of Press and Public

     

    32.2    In accordance with section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (“the Act), the Cabinet Member for Enterprise, Employment and Major Projects considered whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during an item of business on the grounds that it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public were present during that item, there would be disclosure to them of confidential information (as defined in section 100A (3) of the Act) or exempt information (as defined in section 100I(I) of the Act).

     

    32.3    RESOLVED – that the press and public be not excluded from the meeting.

     

33.

Minutes of the previous meeting pdf icon PDF 73 KB

    Minutes of the Meeting held on 16 September 2008 (copy attached).

    Minutes:

    33.2    RESOLVED – That the minutes held on 16 September 2008 be agreed and signed by the Cabinet Member.

     

34.

Cabinet Member's Communications

    Minutes:

    34.1         There were none.

     

35.

Items reserved for discussion

    (a)  Items reserved by the Cabinet Member

     

    (b)  Items reserved by the Opposition Spokesperson

     

    (c)   Items reserved by Members, with the agreement of the Cabinet Member.

     

    NOTE: Public Questions, Written Questions form Councillors, Petitions, Deputations, Letters from Councillors and Notices of Motion will be reserved automatically.

    Minutes:

    35.1    All items were reserved for discussion.     

     

36.

Petitions

    No petitions were received by date of publication.

     

    Minutes:

    36.1    There were none.

     

37.

Public Questions

    (The closing date for receipt of public questions is 12 noon on 2 December 2008)

     

    No public questions have been received by the date of publication.

    Minutes:

    37.1    There were none.

     

38.

Deputations

    (The closing date for receipt of deputations is 12 noon on 2 December 2008)

     

    No deputations have been received by the date of publication.

    Minutes:

    38.1    There were none.

     

39.

Letters from Councillors

    No letters have been received.

     

    Minutes:

    39.1    There were none.

     

40.

Written Questions from Councillors

    No written questions have been received.

    Minutes:

    40.1    There were none.

     

41.

Notices of Motions

    No Notices of Motion have been received by the date of publication.

     

    Minutes:

    41.1    There were none.

     

42.

Supporting Business Through the Economic Climate pdf icon PDF 78 KB

    Report of Director of Cultural Services (copy attached).  

    Decision:

    (1)       That the effects on business in the City and the work underway be noted.

     

    (2)       That the actions outlined in section 3.8 of the report be noted.

     

    (3)       That a review of this activity be brought to a Cabinet Member Meeting in the spring of 2009.

    Minutes:

    42.1    The Cabinet Member considered a report of the Director of Cultural Services which considered the impact of wider economic changes on business in the City and reviewed the actions that the Authority was taking in response (for copy see minute book).  This activity related to the Corporate Priority of “protecting the environment while growing the economy”. 

     

    42.2    The Cabinet Member commented that paragraph 3.8 of the report would be more appropriately worded as follows:  “As a result of decisions taken by the authority the following proposals have been put in place.”  

     

    42.3    The Cabinet Member requested that the Head of Tourism provide him with monthly updates, given the state of the economic Climate.

     

    42.4    RESOLVED - (1)      That the effects on business in the City and the work underway be noted.

     

    (2)       That the actions outlined in section 3.8 of the report be noted.

     

    (3)       That a review of this activity be brought to a Cabinet Member Meeting in the spring of 2009.

PART TWO

43.

Part 2 minutes of 16 September 2008 - Exempt Categories 1, 3, 5 & 6

    Minutes:

    43.1    RESOLVED – That the Part 2 minutes of 16 September 2008 be approved and signed by the Cabinet Member.

 


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