Agenda and draft minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

All members of the Sub-Committee who were expected to be present were present.

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the last meeting, held on 3^rd April 2024.

The minutes of the meetings held on 3^rd April 2024 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

To determine whether there are any additional items of business which, by reason of special circumstances, the Chair decides should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.

There were no additional items of business.

To receive any declarations of interest from Members relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the provision of the Code of Conduct and/or indicate if S106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

No questions or statements had been received from members of the public or elected members.

No questions or statements had been received from members of the public or elected members.

To consider the exclusion of the Public from the meeting before discussion takes place on the following item of business on the grounds that in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, if the public were present there would be a disclosure to them of exempt information within the meaning of Part VA of the Local Government Act 1972.

RESOLVED, THAT:

The public be excluded from the meeting before discussion took place on the following item of business on the grounds that in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, if the public were present, there would be a disclosure to them of exempt information within the meaning of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Original committee report and appendices A to J attached.

This reconvened meeting had been arranged after the Sub-committee had agreed to a request from RB’s legal representative to adjourn the meeting on 21^st February, in order to allow time for information that he considered relevant to the case to be received and considered.

RB’s legal representative confirmed that said information was not yet available but was still considered to be relevant to the case. As such, the legal representative asked for the Sub-Committee to consider a further adjournment.

Members indicated that they would not be sympathetic to any further requests to adjourn in the future.

Members of the Sub-Committee noted that the report before it contained a small number of inaccuracies which would be corrected ahead of any reconvened meeting.

RESOLVED, THAT:

The meeting be adjourned until 10:30 on Wednesday 26^th June 2024.