Meeting documents

General Purposes Committee
Monday, 9 November 2015

Date:
09 Nov 2015
Time:
6pm
Venue:
Shimkent Room, Stevenage SG1 1HN
Contact:
Ola Adeoye
Tel:
01438 242809
Email:
committees@stevenage.gov.uk
Members:
L Chester (Chair), D Bainbridge, E Connolly, L Harrington,S Hearn, C Latif, J Lloyd CC, L Martin-Haugh, A McGuinness, M Mckay, M Notley, C Saunders and V Warwick.

Agenda

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Summary of Decisions

PART I

1. TO NOTE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE APPOINTMENT OF VICE CHAIR
Members to appoint Vice Chair for the Committee.

2. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

3. TERMS OF REFERENCE
To note the Terms of Reference of the Committee as approved by Council at its Annual meeting on 25 May 2015.
Terms of Reference attached

4. MINUTES - 24 OCTOBER 2014
To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on 24 October 2014
Minutes attached

5. GAMBLING ACT 2005 - STATEMENT OF POLICY REVIEW
To consider the Council's Statement of Policy (previously known as as Statement of Principles) as required under the Gambling Act 2015.
Report and Appendix attached

6. URGENT PART I BUSINESS
To consider any business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

7. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
To consider the following Motion -

  1. That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraphs 1-7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.
  2. That Members consider the reasons for the following reports being in Part II and determine whether or not maintaining the exemption from disclosure of the information contained therein outweighs the public interest in disclosure

PART II

8. MINUTES - 24 OCTOBER 2014
To approve as a correct record the Part II Minutes of the meeting of the hearing held on 24 October 2014.
Minutes attached.

9. URGENT PART II BUSINESS
To consider any Part II business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

Published:
29 October 2015