Agenda and draft minutes

No apologies for absence were received.

There were no declarations of interest.

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Sub Committee proceeded to consider the dispensation requests submitted by Mark Bostock, Susan Pearson, Jason Pritchard, Brian Mooney and Joyce Nash.  The Chairman drew the Sub-Committee’s attention to the agenda supplement which included the correct version of Mark Bostock’s dispensation request. The Sub-Committee also noted that with the exception of Joyce Nash, all of the above requests were previously considered by the Sub-Committee on 03.07.19.  However, all four applicants had resubmitted their requests. 

The Sub-Committee considered the merits of each application in turn and in respect of the applications from Mark Bostock, Susan Pearson, Jason Pritchard and Brian Mooney, the Sub-Committee considered the reasons given by the Sub-Committee when these four applications were previously considered on 03.07.19 Appendix 6 (pages 35-41).  The Sub-Committee referred to the statutory grounds for granting a dispensation (pages 11-12) and also had due regard to Appendix 3 (pages 21-22) of the dispensations policy - Factors to be taken into consideration.

Mark Bostock, Susan Pearson, Jason Pritchard, Brian Mooney

Members had mixed views on whether the Sub-Committee’s earlier decision in respect of the above four applicants should be followed. However, given the current review of the dispensations policy, Members were unanimous in their view that these applications should be deferred pending the outcome of the review and decisions taken by the Standards Committee at its meeting on 4th October 2019.

RESOLVED – That the applications from Mark Bostock, Susan Pearson, Jason Pritchard and Brian Mooney be deferred pending the outcome of the current review and decisions taken by the Standards Committee on 4th October 2019.  A meeting of the Sub-committee will then be convened at the earliest opportunity thereafter to consider these applications.

Joyce Nash

Details of dispensation sought

To speak and vote on matters relating to the expansion of the City of London School

There were no further matters raised.

There was no urgent business.