Agenda item - Procedural Business

(a)          Declarations 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;

(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 press and public.

A list and description of the exempt categories is available for public inspection at Brighton and Hove Town Halls and on-line in the Constitution at part 7.1.

(a)       Declarations of Substitutes

38.1    Councillor Brown was present in substitution for Councillor C. Theobald.

38.2    Councillor Moonan was present in substitution for Councillor Morris.

(b)       Declarations of Interest

38.3    Councillor Allen declared a non-pecuniary interested in respect of Item 47) Fees & Charges 2018/19 - Sport & Leisure, Venues and Libraries, as his son owned a beach hut. He noted that he remained of a neutral mind and would take part in the consideration and vote on the report.

38.4    Councillor Druitt declared a pecuniary interested in respect of Item 45) Brownfield Land Register, as he was the director of a company which leased a brownfield site. He explained that he would leave the Council Chamber during the consideration and vote of the report.

38.5    The Chair and Councillor Mac Cafferty explained that they had sought legal advice from the Monitoring Officer regarding their position in relation to Item 48) Royal Pavilion Estate Capital Project Phase 2 Update and Item 49) Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust Arrangements – Progress Updateas they were members of the Shadow Trust Board. They had been granted a dispensation by the Monitoring Officer to permit them to participate fully in consideration of the two items. The Senior Solicitor advised that the dispensations had been granted because of the special circumstances of the case including: that the reports were for noting and recommendations to the Policy, Resources & Growth Committee rather for any decision to be made; both the Chair and Councillor Mac Cafferty were members of the Shadow Trust Board as representatives of the council and so their interests had not arisen in relation to their private, personal capacities; any substitute Member would need to substitute for the whole meeting, rather than for those two items only; Moreover, the Deputy Chair would take the Chair for the consideration of and vote on the item 49 as she had no declarable interest in it and  in case a casting vote was required.

(c)       Exclusion of Press and Public

38.6    The Committee considered whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of any of the items listed on the agenda.

38.7    RESOLVED – That the press and public not be excluded from the meeting.