Minutes of Special Governance Committee Meeting

Minutes (Open Portion)

Special Governance Committee Meeting

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24/04/2017

Special Governance Committee Meeting (Open Portion) held on Monday, 24 April 2017 at 4:20 pm in the Lady Osborne Room, Town Hall.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Ruzicka (Chairman)

Deputy Lord Mayor Christie

Cocker

Thomas

Reynolds

PRESENT: Alderman E R Ruzicka (Chairman), the Deputy Lord Mayor Alderman R G Christie, Aldermen P S Cocker, D C Thomas, A M Reynolds, the Lord Mayor Alderman S L Hickey, M Zucco, P T Sexton, H C Burnet and T M Denison.

APOLOGIES: Nil.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Nil.

ALDERMEN

Lord Mayor Hickey

Zucco

Briscoe

Sexton

Burnet

Denison

Harvey

1. Co-Option of a Committee Member in the event of a vacancy

No Aldermen were co-opted to the Committee.

2. Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest

Ref: Part 2, Regulation 8(7) of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.

Aldermen are requested to indicate where they may have any pecuniary or conflicts of interest in respect to any matter appearing on the agenda, or any supplementary item to the agenda, which the committee has resolved to deal with.

No interest was indicated.

3. Transfer of Agenda Items

Regulation 15 of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.

A committee may close a part of a meeting to the public where a matter to be discussed falls within 15(2) of the above regulations.

In the event that the committee transfer an item to the closed portion, the reasons for doing so should be stated.

Are there any items which should be transferred from this agenda to the closed portion of the agenda, or from the closed to the open portion of the agenda?

4 Reports

4.1 Targeted Review of the Local Government Act 1993

File Ref: F17/37771

THOMAS

That 1. The Council notes the changes proposed as part of the Local Government Amendment (Targeted Review) Bill 2017 and resolves its position in relation to the proposed amendments as outlined in the summary table marked as Attachment A to item 22 of the Open Council agenda of 24 April 2017.

2. The Council make a submission as part of the consultation on the draft Bill in accordance with the summary table and indicate disappointment that a number of issues raised by this Council, as part of the initial consultation, were not addressed.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES	NOES
Ruzicka
Deputy Lord Mayor Christie
Cocker
Thomas
Reynolds

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

Delegation: Council

There being no further business the meeting closed at 4:45 pm.

TAKEN AS READ AND SIGNED AS A CORRECT RECORD THIS
2^nd DAY OF may 2017.

CHAIRMAN