Agenda and minutes
Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds
Contact: Andy Booth (0113) 247 4325 Email: andy.booth@leeds.gov.uk
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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:- No exempt items on this agenda. Minutes: Councillor Pryke, as signatory to the Called-In decision requested that information that was contained in Appendix B to the report be released as a public document. Following advice from Officers on the sensitive information detailed in Appendices B and C to the report, the Board was asked to take a vote on whether to keep this information restricted and to exclude the public from the meeting during the discussion of the information in these appendices.
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That the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following parts of the agenda designated as exempt 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 public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information so designated as follows:-
Appendices B and C to Agenda Item 7, Call-In – Waste Solution for Leeds – Residual Waste Treatment PFI Project, under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3) and on the grounds that they contain commercially sensitive information on the City Council’s approach towards procurement issues, and commercially sensitive pricing and information about the commercial risk position of bidders, where the benefit of keeping the information confidential is considered greater than that of allowing public access to the information.
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Apologies for Absence and Notification of Substitutes To receive any apologies for absence and notification of substitutes.
Minutes: Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of Councillors R Grahame, K Groves, M Hamilton and J Marjoram.
Councillors P Grahame, C MacNiven, PEwens and M Robinson were in attendance as substitutes.
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Call-In of Decision - Briefing Paper To receive and consider the attached report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development Minutes: The report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development informed Members of the Call In arrangements in accordance with the Council’s Constitution and the options of action available to the Board. It was reported that the following options were available to the Board:
RESOLVED – That the report be noted.
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CALL-IN - WASTE SOLUTION FOR LEEDS - RESIDUAL WASTE TREATMENT PFI PROJECT In accordance with Scrutiny Board Procedure Rules, to review a decision of the Executive Board regarding the Waste Solution for Leeds – Residual Waste Treatment PFI Project Additional documents:
Minutes: The report of the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development presented the background papers to a decision that had been Called In in accordance with the Council’s Constitution. The decision of the Executive Board regarding the Waste Solution for Leeds – Residual Waste Treatment PFI Project had been called in by Councillors R Pryke and D Blackburn.
The following were in attendance for this item:
Councillor R Pryke, Signatory to the Call-In Councillor D Blackburn, Signatory to the Call-In Councillor M Dobson, Executive Member for Environmental Services Neil Evans, Director of Environment and Neighbourhoods David Outram, Chief Officer, Public Private Partnership Unit Andrew Lingham, Waste Strategy and Policy Manager Andrew Tait, Executive Manager (Projects). Public Private Partnership Unit Sarah Covell, Member of Community Organisation for Viable Environments and Neighbourhoods (COVEN) and local resident Maria Herlingshaw, Member of Community Organisation for Viable Environments and Neighbourhoods (COVEN) and local resident
Councillors Pryke and Blackburn were invited to address the Board with their reasons for the Call-In.
The following issues were highlighted:
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Outcome of Call-In In accordance with Scrutiny Board Procedure Rules, to consider the Board’s formal conclusions and recommendation(s) from the consideration of the called-in decision. Minutes: Following a vote by Members present, it was
RESOLVED – to release the decision for implementation
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Date and Time of Next Meeting Monday, 12 December 2011 at 10.00 a.m. (Pre-meeting for all Members at 9.30 a.m.) Minutes: Monday, 12 December 2011 at 10.00 a.m. (Pre-meeting for all Board Members at 9.30 a.m.) |