Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Town Clerk reported on the appointment of Co-opted Members to the Committee.

Mark Greenburgh and Dan Large left the room during Members’ consideration of the paper insofar as it covered their possible reappointment as Co-opted Members of the Committee. It was also

RESOLVED – That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the item of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

After the contents of the report had been discussed, Mark Greenburgh and Dan Large returned to the Committee room.

The meeting returned to public session.

With the agreement of Members, the Chairman drew a name out of the ballot bowl and declared that Dan Large would be recommended to the Court for appointment as a Co-opted Member of the Committee for a 4 year term of office, with Mark Greenburgh to be recommended for a 3 year term of office. 

The Committee then considered the matter of the outstanding vacancy for a Co-opted Member and it was agreed that this vacancy be advertised with an initial term of office of 2 years.

RESOLVED  - That

(a)  the re-appointments of Dan Large and Mark Greenburgh as Co-opted Members of the Standards Committee, for a 4 year and a 3 year term of office respectively, to commence from the expiry of their current terms in December 2018, be recommended to the Court of Common Council for approval at its July meeting.

(b)  The Town Clerk make the necessary arrangements for advertising the outstanding vacancy for a Co-opted Member with an initial term of office of 2 years commencing from the date of appointment by the Court of Common Council.