Chichester District Council
Agenda, decisions and minutes

Agenda, decisions and minutes

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Items
No. Item

70.

Chair's Announcements

The Chair will make any specific announcements for this meeting and advise of any late items which due to special circumstances will be given urgent consideration under Late Items.

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence.

 

It was announced that agenda item 4 regarding a call in from Overview and Scrutiny Committee would be deferred to the 8 December 2020 Cabinet meeting in order to allow more time for consideration.

 

71.

Declarations of Interests

Members are requested to make any declarations of disclosable pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial interests they might have in respect of matters on the agenda for this meeting.

Minutes:

Cllr Briscoe declared a personal interest in respect of agenda item 6 as a Chichester District Council appointed member to the Sussex Police Crime Commissioner Panel.

 

72.

Public Question Time

In accordance with Chichester District Council’s scheme for public question time as amended by Full Council on 24 September 2019 the Cabinet will receive any questions which have been submitted by members of the public in writing by noon two working days before the meeting. Each questioner will be given up to three minutes to ask their question. The total time allocated for public question time is 15 minutes subject to the Chair’s discretion to extend that period.

Minutes:

There were no public questions.

 

73.

Late Items pdf icon PDF 111 KB

a)    Items added to the agenda papers and made available for public inspection

 

b)    Items which the chairman has agreed should be taken as matters of urgency by reason of special circumstances to be reported at the meeting

Decision:

The late item relating to a call-in from Overview and Scrutiny Committee was deferred to 8 December 2020 Cabinet meeting to enable time for further consideration to take place.

Minutes:

As referenced earlier the late item was deferred.

 

74.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

The Cabinet is asked to consider in respect of agenda item 6 whether the public including the press should be excluded from the meeting on the following ground of exemption in Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 namely Paragraph 3 (Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)) and because, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption of that information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

The report and its appendices are for members of the Council and relevant officers only (printed on salmon paper).

Minutes:

Cllr Lintill proposed and read the part II resolution in relation to the Southern Gateway agenda item which was seconded by Cllr Taylor.

 

The Cabinet then voted to go into part II.

 

RESOLVED

 

That with regard to the Southern Gateway agenda item the public including the press should be excluded from the meeting on the grounds of exemption in Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 namely Paragraph 3 (Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)) and because, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption of that information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

75.

Southern Gateway

The Cabinet is requested to consider the exempt report and appendices and make the following resolution and recommendation to Council:

 

1.    That Cabinet resolves to note section 4.9 of the report and approves the proposal at section 4.9.4 of the report.

 

2.    That Cabinet recommends to Council that the proposal as set out in section 4.10 be approved.

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

That Cabinet resolves to note section 4.9 of the report and approves the proposal at section 4.9.4 of the report.

 

*RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL

 

That the proposal as set out in section 4.10 as amended be approved.

Minutes:

Cllr Dignum introduced the item.

 

Mrs Hotchkiss and Cllr Dignum responded to questions and comments from Cllr Taylor, Cllr Briscoe, Cllr Wilding and Cllr Lintill.

 

Mr Bennett clarified the status of Stamp Duty Land Tax. The Cabinet then agreed that an amendment would be required to line 4 of the part II recommendation to Council to include the possibility of additional VAT or land tax.

 

In a vote the following resolution and recommendation were agreed as follows:

 

RESOLVED

 

That Cabinet resolves to note section 4.9 of the report and approves the proposal at section 4.9.4 of the report.

 

RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL

 

That the proposal as set out in section 4.10 as amended be approved.

 

 

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