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 ground 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) Appendix 1 to the report referred to in minute 90 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 the information relates to the financial or business affairs of a third party and of the Council and the release of such information would be likely to prejudice the interests of both parties.
(b) The annexe to the report referred to in minute 91 under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3) and on the grounds that the information relates to the financial or business affairs of the Council. It is considered that the release of such information could prejudice the Council’s commercial interests in relation to the disposal of this property or other similar transactions 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 will be publicly available from the Land Registry following completion of this transaction and consequently the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing this information at this point in time.
(c) The final appendix to the report referred to in minute 101 under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(1) and (2) and on the ground that the public interest in maintaining this appendix as exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information because it refers to matters at a preliminary stage which may at some future point have a significant impact on certain schools. Disclosure of the information at this time could lead to speculation prejudicial to the duty of Education Leeds to secure improvement and increased confidence in schools which would be prejudicial to the public interest.
(d) Appendices 1 and 2 to the report referred to in minute 88 under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3) and on the grounds that the information relates to the financial or business affairs of a particular person and of the Council. This information is not publicly available from the statutory registers of information kept in respect of certain companies and charities. It is considered that since this information was obtained through inviting offers for the property/ land then it is not in the public interest to disclose this information at this point in time as this could lead to random competing bids which would undermine this method of inviting bids and affect the integrity of disposing of property/land by this process. 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 could obtain information about the nature and level of offers which may prove acceptable to the Council. It is considered that whilst there may be public interest in disclosure, much of this information will be publicly available from the Land Registry following completion of this transaction and consequently the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing this information at this point in time.