Agenda and draft minutes

To be notified of the appointment of any Substitute Members.

There were no substitutes members reported.

You are invited to declare any registerable and/or non-registerable interests in matters appearing on the agenda, and the nature of that interest.

Please complete the Declarations of Interests card available at the meeting and return it to the Democratic Services Officer before leaving the meeting.

You are also invited to disclose any dispensation from the requirement to declare any registerable and/or non-registerable interests that have been granted to you in respect of any matters appearing on the agenda.

Councillor F Lott declared a registerable personal interest in relation to his dispensation application listed in Item 17 below; and a non-registerable personal interest in relation to Item 18 below as he was the spouse of Councillor W Lott.

To determine requests for dispensations received from Members in relation to their appointment by the Authority to Outside Bodies.

The Standards Sub-Committee received a report which set out applications received from Members of the Council seeking dispensation in accordance with Section 33(2)(e) of the Localism Act 2011.

The dispensations sought would enable the Members to speak and vote on any item of business at any Authority meeting (including specifically the Authority’s budget setting meetings) in which they had a registerable interest by virtue of their appointment by the Authority to an outside body for the 2024-25 municipal year.

Copies of the application letters from Members seeking dispensation for the 2024-25 municipal year were submitted with the report.

The applications were considered by the Sub-Committee.

Resolved that (1) dispensations requested by Members, as set out in the table below be granted for a period of 1 year, or the date when the Member ceases to be the Authority’s representative on the outside body, whichever is earlier; and

(2) the Monitoring Officer be authorised to agree any further written requests from Members for a dispensation that relates to a registerable interest by virtue of their appointment by the Authority to an outside body during the 2024-25 municipal year.

Copies of the application letters from Members seeking dispensation for the 2024-25 municipal year were submitted with the report.

The applications were considered by the Sub-committee.

Resolved that (1) dispensations requested by Members, as set out in the table below be granted for a period of 1 year, or the date when the Member ceases to be the Authority’s representative on the outside body, whichever is earlier; and

(2) the Monitoring Officer be authorised to agree any further written requests from Members for a dispensation that relates to a registerable interest by virtue of their appointment by the Authority to an outside body during the 2024-25 municipal year.

Outside Body Dispensations:

(Note: Councillor F Lott left the room during consideration of Items 17 and 18 below).

The following dispensations were agreed by the Standards Sub-committee in relation to outside body appointments: