Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

To confirm the minutes of the last meeting held on 26 June 2019.

The minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 26 June 2019 were approved as a correct record.

To receive and record any declarations of interest.

There were no declarations of interest from any of the members present.

There were no matters the Chairman wished to report.

RECOMMENDED that the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the item headed and numbered as below because:

(a)       it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during that item there would be disclosure to them of exempt information of the descriptions specified in paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended) of the Local Government Act 1972 shown against the heading in question; and

(b)       in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Item 6 – Mobilisation of EHDC Environmental Services

(Paragraph 3)

Item 7 – Investment in Additional Car Parking

(Paragraph 3)

RESOLVED that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business as:

(a)  It was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during that item there would be disclosure to them of exempt information of the descriptions specified in paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended) of the Local Government Act 1972; and

(b)   In all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

Exempt report to be circulated separately.

(This item was taken in camera.)

Councillor Hughes presented an exempt report and recommendation to Cabinet detailing the proposed mobilisation of East Hampshire District Council’s Environmental Services.

Councillor Ken Smith, representing the Governance Audit and Finance Scrutiny (GAF) Board, and Councillor Gary Robinson, Chairman of the Business and Commercial Services Scrutiny (BACS) Board, were both invited to address the Cabinet, both Boards having been given an opportunity to scrutinise report.

The Cabinet’s resolution is set out in the attached Restricted Minute.

Exempt report to be circulated separately.

This item had been withdrawn from the agenda prior to the meeting.