Minutes for Governance Committee meeting, Jan 12 2010, 4.00PM official page

(a)  Declaration of Substitutes - Where Councillors are unable to attend a meeting, a substitute Member from the same Political Group may attend, speak and vote in their place for that meeting.

(b)  Declarations of Interest by all Members present of any personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

(c)  Exclusion of Press and Public - To consider whether, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, or the nature of the proceedings, the press and public should be excluded from the meeting when any of the following items are under consideration.

NOTE:  Any item appearing in Part 2 of the Agenda states in its heading the category under which the information disclosed in the report is exempt from disclosure and therefore not available to the public.

A list and description of the exempt categories is available for public inspection at Brighton and Hove Town Halls.

Minutes of the meeting held on 17 November 2009 (copy attached).

NOTE: Public Questions, Written Questions form Councillors, Petitions, Deputations, Letters from Councillors and Notices of Motion will be reserved automatically.

No petitions received by date of publication.

(The closing date for receipt of public questions is 12 noon on 5 January 2010)

No public questions received by date of publication.

(The closing date for receipt of deputations is 12 noon on 5 January 2010)

No deputations received by date of publication.

No written questions, letters or Notices of Motion were submitted by Councillors for the meeting.

Report of the Director of Strategy & Governance (copy attached).

(a)     Report of the Director of Strategy & Governance (copy attached).

(b)     Draft extract from the proceedings of the Audit Committee held on 15 December 2009 (copy attached).

Report of the Director of Strategy & Governance (copy attached).

Part Two minutes of the meeting of 17 November 2009 (copy circulated to Members only).

[Exempt Category 3]

Verbal update from the Head of Policy.

To consider whether or not any of the above items and the decisions thereon should remain exempt from disclosure to the press and public.