Agenda and minutes

Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds, LS1 1UR

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Items
No. Item

31.

Election of Chair

Minutes:

RESOLVED – Councillor P Gruen was elected as Chair for the duration of the meeting.

32.

Appeals against refusal of inspection of documents

To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules (in the event of an appeal the press and public will be excluded).

 

(*In accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2, written notice of an appeal must be received by the Head of Governance Services at least 24 hours before the meeting)

 

Minutes:

There were no appeals against the refusal of inspection of documents.

33.

Exempt Information - possible exclusion of the press and public

1  To highlight reports or appendices which officers have identified as containing exempt information, and where officers consider that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons outlined in the report.

 

2   To consider whether or not to accept the officers recommendation in respect of the above information.

 

3   If so, to formally pass the following resolution:-

 

RESOLVED – That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following parts of the agenda designated as containing exempt information on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information, as follows:-

 

Minutes:

There were no resolutions to exclude the public.

34.

Late items

To identify items which have been admitted to the agenda by the Chair for consideration

 

(The special circumstances shall be specified in the minutes)

 

Minutes:

There were no formal late items submitted for consideration. However supplementary information in relation to agenda item 8 “Community Governance Review Recommendations on whether to Create a New Town Council for Guiseley” was circulated prior to the meeting, this was a map which highlighted different boundaries for the proposed Town Council.

 

35.

Declaration of Disclosable Pecuniary and Other Interests

To disclose or draw attention to any disclosable pecuniary interests for the purposes of Section 31 of the Localism Act 2000 and paragraphs 13-18 of the Members’ Code of Conduct. Also to declare any other significant interests which the Member wishes to declare in the public interest, in accordance with paragraphs 19-20 of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

Minutes:

No declarations were made.

36.

Apologies for absence

To receive any apologies for absence from the meeting.

Minutes:

There were apologies from Councillor Wakefield. Councillor Selby was in attendance as substitute.

37.

Minutes - 25th November 2014 pdf icon PDF 60 KB

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 25th November 2014.

Minutes:

RESOLVED – The minutes were approved as a correct record.

38.

Approval of the 2015/16 Pay Policy Statement pdf icon PDF 110 KB

To receive a report of the Chief Officer HR which seeks Members’ views on the revised Pay Policy Statement and for the Committee to make recommendations to Full Council to approve the changes before the start of the 2015/16 Financial Year.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Head of HR (Strategy and Resources) presented a report of the Chief Officer HR which sought Members’ views on the revised Pay Policy Statement and for the Committee to make recommendations to full Council to approve the changes before the start of the 2015/16 financial year.

 

RESOLVED – The Committee resolved to:

 

(a)  recommend to full Council that the updated 2015/16 financial year pay policy statement be adopted;

(b)  Recommend to full Council that any required in year amendment to the Annual Pay Policy Statement in respect of the JNC pay scale be delegated to the Chief Officer HR; and

(c)  That the assurances from the Deputy Chief Executive be noted.

 

 

39.

Community Governance Review recommendations on whether to create a new Town Council for Guiseley pdf icon PDF 124 KB

To receive a report of the Head of Licensing and registration which considers EWG’s recommendations regarding the petition from electors in polling districts from the Guiseley & Rawdon ward and subsequent Community Governance Review to establish whether a new Town Council for Guiseley should be created.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Head of Licensing and Registration presented his report which considered Electoral Working Group’s (EWG’s) recommendations following the petition from electors in polling districts from the Guiseley and Rawdon ward to establish a new Town Council for Guiseley.

 

The Chair proposed an amendment to the recommendations made by the Electoral Working Group by way of the circulation of a map detailing an alternative boundary for the creation of a Guiseley Town Council based on polling districts GRD, GRI, GRC, GRK and GRJ (thereby omitting polling districts GRA and GRB from the original petition proposal)  (Minute 34 refers.)

 

The Head of Licensing and Registration confirmed that the local authority had powers to amend the boundaries of a petition as part of the Community Governance Review process.

 

The amendment was put to the vote and it was:

 

RESOLVED – that full Council be recommended to approve the creation of a Guiseley Town Council, at the earliest opportunity, to be comprised of polling districts GRD, GRI, GRC, GRK and GRJ.

 

40.

Date and Time of Next Meeting

Minutes:

The Committee were informed that there was no business scheduled for its meeting on 10th March 2015 and were asked to consider cancelling the meeting.

 

It was noted the next meeting after this would be at 1:30pm on Thursday 21st May 2015.

 

RESOLVED – The Committee resolved to cancel the meeting scheduled for 2.00pm on Tuesday 10th March 2015.