To identify items where resolutions may be moved to exclude the public
Minutes:
RESOLVED – That the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following parts of the agenda designated as exempt on the grounds that it is likely, in the view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of proceedings, that if members of the public were present there would be a disclosure to them of exempt information so designated as follows:
a.) The appendix to the report referred to in minute 41 under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4 (3) and on the grounds that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information as disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of the Council by virtue of the fact that the information contained within the appendix was obtained through inviting of best and final offers for the property and therefore to disclose this information at this point in time could lead to random competing bids which would undermine this method of inviting bids and affect the integrity of disposing of land / property by means of this process in the future. Also it is considered that the release of such information would or would be likely to prejudice the Council’s commercial interests in relation to other similar transactions in that prospective purchasers of other similar properties about the nature and level of offers which may prove acceptable to the Council. It is considered that whilst there may be a public interest in disclosure, much of this information would be publicly available from the Land Registry following completion of this transaction and consequently the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information at this point in time.
b.) The appendix to the report referred to in minute 42 under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4 (3) and on the grounds that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information as disclosure of the valuation of the site may be prejudicial to the commercial interests of the Council as it may prejudice the return that the Council may realise on a future sale of the site.
c.) The appendix to the report referred to in minute 49 under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4 (3) and on the grounds that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information as disclosure would prejudice the Council’s commercial interests as both the appendix and the outline business case include matters where negotiations of a confidential nature will ensue with the Local Education Partnership and Environments for Learning.
d.) The appendix to the report referred to in minute 50 under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4 (1 and 2) and on the grounds that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information as Education Leeds has a duty to secure improvement and increased confidence in the schools concerned and this would be adversely affected by disclosure of the information.
e.) The appendix to the report referred to in minute 51 under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4 (1 and 2) and on the grounds that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information as as Education Leeds has a duty to secure improvement and increased confidence in the schools concerned and this would be adversely affected by disclosure of the information.
f.) The appendix to the report referred to in minute 53 under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4 (3) and on the grounds that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information as disclosure would prejudice the Council’s commercial interests as the appendix details matters where negotiations of a confidential nature will ensue. In these circumstances it is considered that the public interest in not disclosing this commercial information outweighs the public interest in disclosure.
g.) The appendix to the report referred to in minute 56 under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4 (3) and on the grounds that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information as disclosure would prejudice the Council’s commercial interests as both the appendix and the outline business case include matters where negotiations of a confidential nature will ensue with the Local Education Partnership and Environments for Learning.