Pre-Agenda Notice

Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012

Notice is hereby given that under Regulation 5 of the above, Councillor Woolfall, as Chair of the Environment and Regeneration Policy and Performance Board, has agreed to the above item of business being considered as a Key decision item not included in the Forward Plan, as the item of business is considered urgent and cannot reasonable be deferred for the reason stated below:

REASON:

Approval is needed as there is an urgent need to introduce an article 4 directive to promote quality standards in homes in the Borough.

PART II

In this case the Board has a discretion to exclude the press and public and, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, it is RECOMMENDED that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, having been satisfied that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

Reason for taking the item in Part II:

The public interest in not disclosing is the report and supplementary information contain confidentially sensitive information regarding future options for the service, which outweighs the public interest in the decision.

Reason for taking the item in Part II:

The public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information given it relates to information relating to employee consultation and/or Trade Union negotiations

Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012

Notice is hereby given that under Regulation 10 of the above, Councillor Logan, as Chair of the Children and Young People Policy and Performance Board, has agreed to the above item of business being considered as an item in Part II, as the item of business is considered urgent and cannot reasonable be deferred for the reason stated below:

REASON:

Approval is needed urgently for Officers to finalise the legal and financial arrangements for a loan agreement and for due diligence to be undertaken.