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Full Council June 2020
June 16, 2020 @ 19:00 - 19:51
Present:
Councillor Keith Panter (Chairman)
Councillor Matthew Boles
Councillor Sean Brennan
Councillor Liz Clews
Councillor Tim Davies
Councillor David Dobbie
Councillor Paul Key
Councillor Sally Loates
Councillor Pat O’Connor
Councillor James Plastow
Councillor Baptiste Velan
Councillor Kenneth Woolley
In Attendance:
Tom Clay Town Clerk
Rachel Allbones Deputy Clerk / RFO
Sean Alcock Operations Manager
Jessica Flowers Admin Support Officer
- TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Councillor Harry Clarke
Councillor Richard Craig
Councillor Dennis Dannatt
Councillor Chris Lambie
Councillor Denise Schofield
Councillor James Ward
- TO RECEIVE MEMBERS’ DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCALISM ACT 2011 AND TO RECEIVE ANY APPLICATIONS FOR DISPENSATION
Note: Councillor Dobbie left the meeting at 7:04pm
None declared.
- PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
None received.
- MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING (Paper A)
- Meeting of Council held on Tuesday 3 March 2020
Note: Councillor Davies arrived at the meeting at 7:05pm
Note: Councillor Dobbie returned to the meeting at 7:07pm
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 3 March 2020 be approved and signed as a correct record.
Note: Councillors Boles, Brennan, Davies, Dobbie, Velan and Woolley abstained from voting on the above resolution.
- MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS REMOTE MEETING (Paper B)
- Meeting of Council held on Wednesday 27 May 2020
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 27 May 2020 be approved and signed as a correct record.
Note: Councillor Key voted against the above resolution.
Note: Councillor Woolley abstained from voting on the above resolution.
- TO RECEIVE THE DRAFT MINUTES OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS (Paper C)
RESOLVED to NOTE draft minutes.
Note: Councillors Dobbie, Loates, Panter and Woolley abstained from voting on the above resolution.
- MATTERS TO NOTE (Paper D)
RESOLVED to NOTE the matters contained in the report.
Councillor Boles proposed a vote of thanks the all members of staff for keeping the Council functioning as it should in the unprecedented times.
- RATIFICATION OF EMERGENCY DECISIONS (Paper E)
RESOLVED to approve the ratification of the emergency decisions.
Note: Councillors Dobbie and Key abstained from voting on the above resolution.
- TEMPORARY MEETING ARRANGEMENTS (Paper F)
It was noted that if physical meetings could not take place the Allotments Sub-Committee meeting in August would be postponed.
RESOLVED to approve the temporary meeting calendar and arrangements.
- AGAR: ANNUAL INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT (Paper G)
RESOLVED to NOTE the AGAR Annual Internal Audit for 2019/20.
- AGAR: SECTION 1 – ANNUAL GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (Paper G)
Members considered the statements numbered 1 – 9 in Section 1 of the Annual Governance and Accountability Return.
RESOLVED to complete Section 1 – Annual Governance Statement for 2019/20 as follows: –
sections 1-8 with the answer YES to the statements, and N/A to the statement in section 9
Note: Councillor Key voted against the above resolution
- AGAR: SECTION 2 – ACCOUNTING STATEMENTS (Paper G)
Members considered the accounting statements.
RESOLVED to approve Section 2 – Accounting Statements for 2019/20.
Meeting concluded at 7.51pm