Agenda and decisions

To appoint a Chair from the elected Members of the Committee.

Cllr T Butt Philip having been proposed (Cllr R Wyke) and seconded (Cllr L Leyshon) was elected as the Chair for the meeting.

To receive any apologies.

To receive and note any declarations of interests in respect of any matters included on the agenda for consideration at this meeting.

(The other registrable interests of Councillors of Somerset Council, arising from membership of City, Town or Parish Councils and other Local Authorities will automatically be recorded in the minutes: City, Town & Parish Twin Hatters - Somerset Councillors 2023 )

The Chair will allow members of the public, that have registered before the deadline, to ask any questions or make a statement about the matters on the agenda for the meeting.

The Committee are requested to consider and agree a resolution under Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 that the press and public be excluded during the remainder of the meeting on the basis that if they were present during the business to be transacted there would be a likelihood of disclosure to them of exempt information of the following description:

· Information relating to any individual.

· Information which is likely to reveal the identity of any individual.

To consider the report prepared by the Chief Executive.

Note - the confidential report will only to available to elected Members.

The Special Members Panel agreed:

i)               The case for applying exemption information provisions as set out in the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A and therefore treat the attached confidential Appendix A and supporting appendices (the main report) in confidence, as they contain information relating to any individual, information which is likely to reveal the identity of any individual and commercially sensitive information, and as the case for the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing that information.

ii)             To pass a resolution to exclude the press and public from the meeting where there is any debate or discussion regarding exempt information in Appendix A or its supporting appendices.

iii)            The recommendations as set out in the main report in Appendix A and its supporting appendices.

To authorise the Chair of the meeting to agree the accuracy and sign the minutes as a correct record following circulation to the Members of the Committee.

The Committee agreed, having been proposed (Cllr L Leyshon) and seconded (Cllr R Wyke), to authorise the Chair of the meeting to sign and authorise the minutes as being a true record of the meeting.