Agenda item - 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;

(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.

(a)             Declarations of Substitutes

20.1        Councillor Osborne was present in substitution for Councillor Gibson

Councillor Robins was present in substitution for Councillor Moonan

(b)             Declarations of Interest

20.2          Councillor Shanks declared a personal interest in Item 30 as she was a Governor at Homewood College.

Councillor Childs declared a personal interest in Item 34 as he held a car park permit for the Norton Road and Lanes Car Parks

Councillor Yates declared a personal interest in Item 34 as he held a car park permit for the Norton Road and Lanes Car Parks

(c)             Exclusion of Press and Public

20.3       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.

20.4       RESOLVED: That as there were no Part Two items that the press and public not be excluded from the meeting.