Agenda and draft minutes

Civic Committee - Wednesday, 24 April 2013 2.00 pm

Venue: Boardroom, Town Hall, Castle Circus, Torquay, TQ1 3DR

Contact: Kay Heywood  Governance Support Officer 01803 207026

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chairman/Woman

To appoint a Chairman/Woman.

Minutes:

Councillor Kingscote was elected as Chairman for the meeting.

2.

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence, including notifications of any changes to the membership of the Committee.

Minutes:

An apology for absence was received from Councillor Faulkner (A).

 

 

3.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

To consider passing a resolution to exclude the press and public from the meeting prior to consideration of the following item on the agenda on the grounds that exempt information (as defined in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended)) is likely to be disclosed.

Minutes:

(Note:  Prior to consideration of the item in Minute 4 the press and public were formally excluded from the meeting on the grounds that the item involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).)

4.

Honorary Freeman Nomination

To consider a nomination for a Honorary Freeman.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered a nomination for an Honorary Freeman.

 

Members voted unanimously to endorse the nomination and have instructed the Clerk to notify the person making the nomination of their decision.

 

The Civic Committee further instructed the Clerk to request that the Chief Operating Officer approach the nominated person and advise them of the recommendation to award the Honorary Freeman status and to ask that person, if they were supported by the Council, whether or not they would accept.

 

The Chairman reminded Members that until a response had been received from the nominated person, the nomination would remain confidential and not in the public domain.

 

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