Agenda and minutes

To receive apologies for absence from the meeting.

There were no apologies.

To be notified of the appointment of any Substitute Members.

There were no substitute members.

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.

Cllr F Lott declared a registered personal interest in relation to number 14 of the appendix to agenda item 4 – request from Cllr W Lott – and indicated he would leave the room while this application was considered.

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

The Standards Sub-Committee received a report on applications received from a number of 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 outside bodies.

Copies of the application letters from Members seeking dispensation were submitted with the report.

The applications, with the exception of application number 14 listed in the appendix to the report, were considered and agreed by the Sub-Committee.

Cllr F Lott then left the room and the remaining two members of the Sub-committee considered and agreed application number 14 in his absence.

Resolved:

i.        That the dispensations requested by members, as set out in the table below, be granted.  Each dispensation is granted for either a period of 4 years, or, the date when the Member ceases to be the Authority’s representative on the outside body, whichever is earlier;

ii.        That delegated authority be granted to the Monitoring Officer 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 2022-23 municipal year.

Outside Body Dispensations

The following dispensations were agreed by the Standards Sub-committee on 7 February 2023 in relation to the outside body appointments: