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Items
No. Item

6/17

Election of Chairman

Minutes:

RESOLVED:              that Councillor Hards be elected as Chairman for the duration of the meeting.

 

7/17

Apologies for Absence and Temporary Appointments

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillor Wilmshurst (Councillor Hudspeth substituting).

8/17

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To approve the minutes of the meeting held on  12 January 2017 (PB4) and to receive information arising from them.

 

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 12 January 2017 were approved and signed.

9/17

Exempt Item

It is RECOMMENDED that the public be excluded for the duration of items PB7, and PB8 in the Agenda since it is likely that if they were present during those items there would be disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and specified in relation to the respective items in the Agenda and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of each case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

THE REPORTS RELATING TO THE EXEMPT ITEMS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC AND SHOULD BE REGARDED AS STRICTLY PRIVATE TO MEMBERS AND OFFICERS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THEM.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:That the public be excluded for the duration of items PB7 and PB8 in the Agenda since it was likely that if they were present during those items there would be disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and specified in relation to the respective items in the Agenda and since it was considered that, in all the circumstances of each case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

PROCEEDINGS FOLLOWING THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

10/17

Exempt Minutes

To approve the exempt part of the minutes of the meeting held on 12 January 2017 (PB7) and to receive information arising from them.

 

The public should be excluded during this item because its discussion in public would be likely to lead to the disclosure to members of the public present of information in the following prescribed categories:

1.            Information relating to any individual;

2.         Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual;

3.         Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

 

and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would infringe the rights of the individual to privacy contrary to the general law and the duty of the authority to respect human rights and to comply with that law and contrary to the authority’s duties as a fair employer.

Minutes:

The Exempt Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, 12 January 2017 were approved and signed as a correct record.

 

The public were excluded during this item because its discussion in public would be likely to lead to the disclosure to members of the public present of information in the following prescribed categories:

 

1.    Information relating to any individual;

2.    Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual;

3.    Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

 

and since it was considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would infringe the rights of the individual to privacy contrary to the general law and the duty of the authority to respect human rights and to comply with that law and contrary to the authority’s duties as a fair employer.

 

11/17

Applications for Premature Retirement

The Remuneration Committee, as the Employing Authority, has delegated to this Sub-Committee the determination of benefits for individual applications for early retirement.

 

Reports PB8(1-2) sets out 30 applications for early retirement in total.

 

The public should be excluded during this item because its discussion in public would be likely to lead to the disclosure to members of the public present of information in the following prescribed categories:

1.            Information relating to any individual;

2.         Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual;

3.         Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

 

and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would infringe the rights of the individual to privacy contrary to the general law and the duty of the authority to respect human rights and to comply with that law and contrary to the authority’s duties as a fair employer.

 

The Sub-Committee is RECOMMENDED to note the cases for early retirement and to determine the individual benefits to be paid.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Remuneration Committee, as the Employing Authority, had delegated to this Sub-Committee the determination of benefits for individual applications for early retirement.

 

The Sub-Committee considered the report PB8 which set out 30 applications for early retirement in total and determined the individual benefits to be paid as set out in the Annexes to the report.

 

The public were excluded during this item because its discussion in public would be likely to lead to the disclosure to members of the public present of information in the following prescribed categories:

 

  1. Information relating to any individual;
  2. Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual;
  3. Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

 

and since it was considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would infringe the rights of the individual to privacy contrary to the general law and the duty of the authority to respect human rights and to comply with that law and contrary to the authority’s duties as a fair employer.