Meeting documents

SSDC South Somerset District Council
Thursday, 30th March, 2023 7.30 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Council Offices, Brympton Way, Yeovil. View directions

Contact: Angela Cox, Democratic Services Specialist - 01935 462148  Email: angela.cox@southsomerset.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Minutes

To approve and sign the minutes of the previous meeting held on Thursday, 19 January 2023.

3.

Declarations of Interest

In accordance with the Council's current Code of Conduct (as amended 26 February 2015), which includes all the provisions relating to Disclosable Pecuniary Interests (DPI), personal and prejudicial interests, Members are asked to declare any DPI and also any personal interests (and whether or not such personal interests are also "prejudicial") in relation to any matter on the Agenda for this meeting.

Members are reminded that they need to declare the fact that they are also a member of a County, Town or Parish Council as a Personal Interest.  Where you are also a member of Somerset County Council and/or a Town or Parish Council within South Somerset you must declare a prejudicial interest in any business on the agenda where there is a financial benefit or gain or advantage to Somerset County Council and/or a Town or Parish Council which would be at the cost or to the financial disadvantage of South Somerset District Council. 

4.

Public Question Time

5.

Chairman's Announcements

6.

Chairman's Engagements pdf icon PDF 381 KB

7.

Confirmation of Minutes of Committee meetings held during March 2023 pdf icon PDF 256 KB

Decision:

 

RESOLVED:

That Full Council agreed to confirm and authorise the relevant Committee Chair to sign as a correct record the minutes of:-

 

 

Area East Committee - 8 March 2023

Area North Committee – 22 Nov 2022

Area South Committee – 8 March 2023

Area West Committee – 15 Feb 2023

Audit Committee – 24 March 2023

District Executive – 2 March 2023

Licensing Committee – 13 Dec 2022

Licensing Sub Committee – 16 Jan 2023

Regulation Committee – 21 March 2023

Scrutiny Committee – 28 Feb 2023

Standards Committee – 6 Sept 2022

Reason:

To confirm the final minutes of South Somerset District Council Committees.

(Voting: unanimous in favour)

 

8.

Reflections of South Somerset District Council pdf icon PDF 209 KB

9.

Sale of commercial development land at Lufton, Yeovil (Lufton 2000 joint venture) pdf icon PDF 293 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

 

RESOLVED:

That Full Council agreed to:-

 

a.

note the contents of the report.

 

b.

approve the proposal to sell the Council’s share in the Joint Venture in the asset named Lufton 2000 on the terms outlined in the confidential appendix to the report.

 

c.

authorise the Chief Financial Officer to seek the approval of the Somerset County Council to the sale under the S24 direction.

 

d.

to delegate the power to the Solicitor and Monitoring Officer approval of detail of the sale.

Reason:

Toaccept the reduced price for the sale of the Council’s 50% share in the Lufton 2000 Joint Venture to its joint venture partner Abbey Manor Developments Limited from that agreed in September 2022.

 

(Voting: unanimous in favour)

 

 

10.

2021/22 Auditor's Annual Report pdf icon PDF 283 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

 

RESOLVED:

That Full Council agreed to:-

 

a.

note the Auditor’s Annual Report and recommendations.

 

b.

note and endorse management’s proposed responses and actions to the improvement recommendations.

Reason:

Schedule 7 of the Local Audit and Accountancy Act requires Full Council to discuss and respond publicly on the Auditor’s Annual Report and the Council’s management response.

(Voting: unanimous in favour)

 

11.

Report of Executive Decisions pdf icon PDF 119 KB

Additional documents:

12.

Audit Committee pdf icon PDF 228 KB

13.

Scrutiny Committee pdf icon PDF 61 KB

14.

Motions

There were no Motions submitted by Members.

15.

Questions Under Procedure Rule 10

There were no questions submitted under Procedure Rule 10.