Agenda and minutes

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 of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

The Committee considered:

(1)      whether Members of the press and public should be excluded from the meeting of the Committee during consideration of the following item of business in accordance with Sub-Section 4 of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 because it was likely that, in view of the nature of the business to be considered, exempt information would be disclosed, being information defined in Section 100 (1) and paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972; and

(2)      whether the disclosure of information was in the public interest, whether any relevant exemptions were applicable and whether, when applying the public interest test and exemptions, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed that in disclosing the information.

          RESOLVED: That as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information, members of the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business in accordance with Sub-Section 4 of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 because it was likely that, in view of the nature of the business, exempt information would be disclosed, being information defined in Section 100 (1) and paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

The Committee received a report of the Strategic Director, Community and Resources, which requested the Committee to make a recommendation to the Full Council with regard to the appointment of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor for the 2016/17 municipal year.

          As per the Council’s Mayoral Selection Guidelines it was recommended that Councillor Ged Philbin be appointed as Mayor and Councillor Alan Lowe be appointed as the Deputy Mayor for the 2016/17 municipal year.

        RESOLVED: That it be recommended to Council:

1)     that Councillor Ged Philbin be appointed as the Mayor for the 2016/17 municipal year; and

2)         that Councillor Alan Lowe be appointed as the Deputy Mayor for the 2016/17 municipal year.