Agenda and decisions

To receive any declaration of interest from any Member or Officer in respect of any item of business.

Councillor Alwen P Watkin declared a personal interest in item 4 – To authorise and fund unanticipated repair works and following legal advice she was able to take part in the discussion and voting thereon.

To consider adoption of the following:-

“Under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, to exclude the press and public from meeting during discussion on the following item on the grounds that it may involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A of the said Act and in the attached Public Interest Test”.

It was RESOLVED to adopt the following;-

“Under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, to exclude the press and public from the meeting during the discussion on the following item on the grounds that it may involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A of the said Act and in the attached Public Interest Test.”

To submit a report by the Head of Regulation and Economic Development.

It was RESOLVED to:-

·       Notes the dangerous condition of the building and the

immediate risk to public safety requiring urgent action.

·       Authorises the release of a maximum of £500,000 from the

Council’s general balances to enable urgent structural works to

be undertaken to maintain public safety.

·       Authorise officers to pursue such legal proceedings as they

consider reasonable to recover the costs incurred by the Council

in undertaking remedial works to the building/s and to fund any

unrecovered legal costs.

·       Granting an exception “for contracts involving such urgency that

it is not possible to comply with these Rules” and these works will

require an exemption given the urgency.