Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, at the Arun Civic Centre, Maltravers Road, Littlehampton, BN17 5LF

Contact: Jane Fulton (Ext 37611) 

Note: Extraordinary Meeting [Exempt Meeting] 

Items
No. Item

811.

Welcome

Minutes:

            The Chair welcomed Members and Officers to this Extraordinary Meeting of the Council.

812.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

            Apologies for Absence had been received from Councillors Batley, Caffyn, Charles, Dendle, Gregory, Hughes, Jones, Needs, Northeast, Purchese, Roberts, Tilbrook and Yeates and from both of the Council’s Honorary Aldermen Mrs Stinchcombe and Mr Dingemans.

813.

Declarations of interest

Members and Officers are invited to make any declarations of pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial interests that they may have in relation to items on this agenda, and are reminded that they should re-declare their interest before consideration of the item or as soon as the interest becomes apparent.

 

Members and Officers should make their declaration by stating:

 

a)  the item they have the interest in

b)  whether it is a pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial interest

c)  the nature of the interest

d) if it is a pecuniary or prejudicial interest, whether they will be exercising their right to speak under Question Time

Minutes:

            There were no Declarations of Interest made.

814.

Questions from Members with Pecuniary/Prejudicial Interests

To receive questions from Members with pecuniary/prejudicial interests (for a period of up to 15 minutes)

Minutes:

            The Chair confirmed that there were no questions raised.

815.

Exempt Business

The Committee is asked to consider passing the following resolution: -

 

            That under Section 100a (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and accredited representatives of newspapers be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act by virtue of the paragraph specified against the item.

 

Minutes:

The Council

 

                        RESOLVED

 

That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and accredited representatives of newspapers be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they may involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act by virtue of the paragraph specified against the items.

 

816.

Appointment to the Post of Group Head for Law and Governance (Monitoring Officer) [Exempt - Paragraph 1 - Information Relating to any Individual]

This report asks Members to approve the appointment to the position of Group Head for Law and Governance.  The postholder will also hold the statutory position of Monitoring Officer.

 

Minutes:

In the absence of the Chief Executive, the Interim Group Head of Corporate Support and Section 151 Officer presented a report asking the Council to approve the appointment to the position of Group Head for Law and Governance.  It was highlighted that the postholder would also hold the statutory position of Monitoring Officer.

 

Questions were asked about the background of the proposed appointee which were responded to at the meeting.  Following further discussion, the Leader of the Council, Councillor Gunner, conveyed his thanks to those Members of the Interview Panel for their work in this recruitment process.

 

Following further debate, Councillor Stanley then proposed a Motion Without Notice, that the question now be put which was seconded by Councillor Edwards. The Chair concluded that the item had been adequately discussed and so having put this to the vote it was declared CARRIED.

 

The Council

 

            RESOLVED

 

That the appointment of Daniel Bainbridge to the post of Group Head of Law and Governance (Monitoring Officer) be confirmed in accordance with the Council’s Constitution.

817.

Pre-Construction Works Relating to Land at Canada Road and Ellis Close, Arundel and Westloates Lane, Bognor Regis [Exempt - Paragraph 3 - The Supply of Goods and Services]

Following the adoption of the Housing Revenue Account Business Plan (HRA) in July 2017, a programme to develop or acquire up to 250 new affordable homes over a ten year period was agreed.

 

This report seeks authority from the Council to enter into a Pre-Construction Service Agreement to enable the Council to evaluate the best use of three sites at Canada Road and Ellis Close, Arundel and Westloats Lane, Bognor Regis.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

            The Chair confirmed that this item had been withdrawn.