Agenda item - 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 Monitoring Officer or Democratic Services Officer preferably before the meeting.

70.1          Councillor Simson declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Item 73, General Fund Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Strategy 2019/20 and in particular to Conservative Group Amendment 1 as she was a Trustee and Treasurer of the Deans Youth Project; and confirmed that she had been granted dispensation to speak and vote on the item by the Monitoring Officer;

70.2          Councillor Nemeth declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Item 73, General Fund Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Strategy 2019/20 as he was the Chairman of the Friends of Hove Lagoon; and confirmed that he had been granted dispensation to speak and vote on the item by the Monitoring Officer;

70.3          Councillor C. Theobald declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Item 73, General Fund Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Strategy 2019/20 as she was the President of Mencap Brighton; and confirmed that she had been granted dispensation to speak and vote on the item by the Monitoring Officer;

70.4          Councillor Druitt declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Item 73, General Fund Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Strategy 2019/20.  He was the General Manager of Brighton & Hove Community Transport which currently operates the Easylink service and is contracted to do so until 31 March, which could be affected by the Green Group Amendment.  He also received an income from The Big Lemon, as a shareholder.  He also confirmed that his wife was employed by the national HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust, which could be affected if either Conservative or Green amendments to the budget were passed.  He confirmed that he had been granted dispensation to speak and vote on the item by the Monitoring Officer;

70.5          Councillor Phillips declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Item 73, General Fund Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Strategy 2019/20 as she was employed by the national HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust, which could be affected if either the Conservative and/or Green amendments to the budget were passed.  She was also the partner of Tom Druitt who was the General Manager of Brighton & Hove Community Transport which currently operated the Easylink service and is contracted to do so until 31 March. If the Green Amendment on Easylink was passed, there was a possibility it would impact on the service.  She confirmed that she had been granted dispensation to speak and vote on the item by the Monitoring Officer;

70.6          Councillor Yates declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Item 73, General Fund Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Strategy 2019/20 as his partner was employed by Sanctuary Housing.  He confirmed that he had been granted dispensation to speak and vote on the item by the Monitoring Officer;

70.7          Councillor Atkinson declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Item 73, General Fund Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Strategy 2019/20 as he and his wife both worked for the Sussex Partnership NHS Trust and the council had a number of jointly funded services with the Trust.  He confirmed that he had been granted dispensation to speak and vote on the item by the Monitoring Officer;

70.8          Councillor Robins declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Item 73, General Fund Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Strategy 2019/20 as he rented an allotment from the Council; and confirmed that he had been granted dispensation to speak and vote on the item by the Monitoring Officer;

70.9          Councillor Deane declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Item 73, General Fund Revenue Budget, Council Tax and Capital Strategy 2019/20 as her partner worked for the Grace Eyre Foundation; and confirmed that she had been granted dispensation to speak and vote on the item by the Monitoring Officer;

70.10       No other declarations of interests in matters appearing on the agenda were made.