Agenda and draft minutes

To elect a Chairman.

It was proposed and seconded by Jeremy Simons and Michael Hudson and

RESOLVED – That Caroline Addy be elected as Chairman of the Sub Committee for the duration of the hearing.

The Committee considered the issue of whether to discuss the pre-hearing checklist, hearing procedure and associated papers in public or non-public session. After hearing the views of the Comptroller and City Solicitor on the requirement to make all of the papers available for public and press if the meeting was held in public, and the difficulty in properly considering some of the relating matters within a such a format, Members concluded that its discussions on item 5 should be in a non-public session.          

There was no other public business.

MOTION – That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public

be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

RESOLVED – That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting on the grounds that the items to be considered involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the local Government Act.

Report of the Town Clerk.

(A report of the Comptroller and City Solicitor on a Standards Committee investigation is attached as an appendix – page 5 of the agenda pack lists the page numbers of the associated documentation accompanying that report).

The Sub Committee proceeded to consider the Town Clerk’s covering report and Comptroller and City Solicitor’s appendix and associated papers.

The Committee set a provisional date of Wednesday 24 April at 0930 for the hearing (0900 for the call-over) – the Town Clerk was asked to communicate this date to all relevant parties and to confirm their attendance.