Agenda and minutes
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Contact: Wayne Hemingway, Principal Democratic Services Officer/Jade Milnes, Democratic Services Officer
Note: Special Meeting
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Apologies for absence Minutes: An apology for absence was received from Councillor Adrian Gulvin (Resources). |
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Record of decisions Minutes: The record of the meeting held on 5 February 2019 was agreed and signed by the Leader as a correct record. |
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Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Other Significant Interests Minutes: Disclosable pecuniary interests
There were none.
Other significant interests (OSIs)
Councillor Doe declared an OSI in agenda item 5 (Commercial Property) because he is a Director and the Chairman of Medway Development Company Limited which would potentially be involved in future development within the vicinity. He relied on a dispensation agreed by the Councillor Conduct Committee, to enable him to take part in the discussion and vote on this item.
Other interests
There were none. |
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Exclusion of the Press and Public Minutes:
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Commercial Property
Additional documents:
Minutes: Background:
The Cabinet accepted this exempt report as urgent to enable confidential negotiations to take place with appropriate authority.
This exempt report provided details of a proposal for acquiring commercial property.
On this occasion it had neither been practicable to provide 28 clear days’ notice, nor provide 5 clear days’ notice of this report coming forward to Cabinet, therefore, Rule 17 (Special Urgency) of the Access to Information Rules, as set out in the Council’s Constitution, had been complied with. As the position of Chairman of the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee was currently vacant, the Mayor had agreed that consideration of this report was urgent and could not be reasonably deferred until the next Cabinet meeting on 5 March 2019 to enable confidential negotiations to take place with appropriate authority at the earliest opportunity. The Forward Plan was published on 5 February 2019 in accordance with this requirement and the report was published on 7 February 2019.
In line with rule 15.11 of Chapter 4, Part 5 of the Constitution, call-in could be waived where any delay likely to be caused by the call-in process would seriously prejudice the Council’s or the Public’s interests. In this case, a call in would delay this matter at a sensitive point in the negotiations. Therefore, on this occasion it was proposed that the call in period be waived. As the position of Chairman of the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee was currently vacant, the Vice-Chairman had agreed that the decisions proposed are reasonable in all the circumstances and to them being treated as a matter of urgency and to waive call-in.
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