Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

16.

Declarations of Interest

At this point in the meeting, Members are asked to declare:

 

·        any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests

·        any prejudicial interests or

·        any disclosable pecuniary interests

 

which they may have in respect of business on this agenda.

Minutes:

At this point in the meeting, Members were asked to declare if they had any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests or any prejudicial or disclosable pecuniary interests that they might have had in the business on the agenda. None were declared.

17.

Exclusion of Press and Public

To consider the exclusion of the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the annexes to agenda item 6 (Redundancy) and agenda item 7 (Pension or Exit Discretion) on the grounds that they contain information relating to individuals and the financial affairs of particular persons. This information is classed as exempt under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 12A to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as revised by The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006).

 

Minutes:

 

Resolved:  That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of annexes to Agenda Items 6 & 7, on the grounds that they contained information relating to individuals and the financial affairs of particular persons. This information is classed as exempt under Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 12A to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as revised by the Local Government (Access to Information)(Variation) Order 2006).

18.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 86 KB

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting of the Staffing Matters & Urgency Committee held on Monday 3 July 2017.

Minutes:

Members noted that the minutes of the meeting held on 3 July stated that Councillor N Barnes was in attendance when, in fact, it was Councillor S Barnes.  

 

Resolved:  That the minutes of the Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee held on 3 July be approved subject to the above amendment and then signed by the Chair as a correct record.

19.

Public Participation

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered to speak can do so. The deadline for registering is on Friday 11 August at 5.00pm. Members of the public can speak on agenda items or matters within the remit of the committee.

 

To register to speak please contact the Democracy Officer for the meeting, on the details at the foot of the agenda.

 

Filming, Recording or Webcasting Meetings

Please note this meeting may be filmed and webcast or recorded and that includes any registered public speakers, who have given their permission. This broadcast can be viewed at http://www.york.gov.uk/webcasts or, if recorded, this will be uploaded onto the Council website following the meeting.

 

Residents are welcome to photograph, film or record Councillors and Officers at all meetings open to the press and public. This includes the use of social media reporting, i.e. tweeting.  Anyone wishing to film, record or take photos at any public meeting should contact the Democracy Officer (whose contact details are at the foot of this agenda) in advance of the meeting.

 

The Council’s protocol on Webcasting, Filming & Recording of Meetings ensures that these practices are carried out in a manner both respectful to the conduct of the meeting and all those present.  It can be viewed at http://www.york.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/11406/protocol_for_webcasting_filming_and_recording_of_council_meetings_20160809.pdf

 

 

 

Minutes:

It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak at

the meeting under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

20.

Changes to Committee and Outside Body Appointments pdf icon PDF 111 KB

This report asks Members to agree changes to the membership of a number of committees.

 

Minutes:

At the Annual Council meeting on 25 May 2017, appointments

were made to Outside Bodies for the 2017/18 municipal year.

 

The committee considered the following requests:

 

Customer and Corporate Services Scrutiny Management Committee

To appoint Cllr K Myers to replace Cllr Steward.

 

Gambling, Licensing and Regulatory Committee

To appoint Cllr T Richardson to fill a Conservative vacancy.

 

Resolved:  That the above changes be approved.

 

Reason:     In order to make appropriate appointments to the Council’s Committees and Outside Bodies for the current municipal year.

21.

Redundancy pdf icon PDF 73 KB

This report advises the Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee of the expenditure associated with the proposed dismissal of a number of employees on the grounds of redundancy.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members considered a report which detailed expenditure associated with the proposed dismissal of a number of employees on the grounds of redundancy.

 

The background and detailed cases surrounding the proposals were contained in the business cases attached as confidential annexes to the report.

 

Resolved:  That the expenditure associated with the proposed dismissal of employees on the grounds of redundancy be noted.

 

Reason:     In order to provide an overview of the expenditure.

22.

Pension or Exit Discretion pdf icon PDF 86 KB

This report advises the Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee of the expenditure associated with pension or exit discretions in accordance with council policy.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members considered a report which detailed expenditure associated with a number of pension or exit discretions in accordance with Council policy.

 

The background and detail surrounding the proposals were contained in the business case attached as confidential annexes to the report.

 

Resolved:  That the expenditure associated with the proposed pension or exit discretions be approved.

 

Reason:     In order to provide an overview of expenditure and to consider whether the Council should exercise its discretionary powers to make enhancements.

 

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