Agenda and minutes

Members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary or affected interests in respect of any matter to be considered at this meeting.

Any Member with a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter should withdraw from the meeting when the matter is under consideration and should notify the Democratic Services Officer in attendance that they are withdrawing as they have such an interest. If the Disclosable Pecuniary Interest is not entered on the register of Members interests the Monitoring Officer must be notified of the interest within 28 days.

Any Member with an affected Interest in a matter must disclose the interest to the meeting and must not participate in discussion of the matter or vote on the matter unless granted a dispensation by the Monitoring officer or by the Governance and Audit Committee.  There is no requirement to withdraw from the meeting when the interest is only an affected interest, but the Monitoring Officer should be notified of the interest, if not previously notified of it, within 28 days of the meeting.

To consider and approve the minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 18 July 2017.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Executive on 18 July 2017 together with the accompanying decision records be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Leader.

The Executive considered the following items.  The decisions are recorded in the decision sheets attached to these minutes and summarised below:

To approve the draft Tree Strategy, prior to public consultation which forms the overarching framework by which the Council will directly and indirectly approach the management of trees, both on public and private land.

RESOLVED that:

1          The draft Tree Strategy be approved for public consultation, and,

2          Following public consultation and subject to the outcome of that consultation the strategy be approved by the Executive Member for Culture, Corporate Services & Public Protection.

To inform the Executive of the work of the Bracknell Forest Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board during 2016-17.

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

To inform the Executive of the performance of the Council over the first quarter of the 2017/18 financial year (April - June 2017).

RESOLVED that:

1          The performance of the Council over the period from April - June 2017 highlighted in the Overview Report in Annex A of the Chief Executive’s report be noted.

2          The intention to submit a joint bid with the other five Berkshire Unitary Authorities to be a pilot area for localisation of National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) be noted.

RECOMMENDED to Council the provision of up to £7m of capital funding as Bracknell Forest’s contribution to the Heathlands EMI scheme, noting that £3m of this will be met by the CCG in some way so will not fall as a cost to the Council.

To consider the following motion:

That pursuant to Regulation 4 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) Regulations 2012  and having regard to the public interest, members of the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the consideration of item 9 which involves the likely disclosure of exempt information under the following category of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972:

(3)        Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

NB:      No representations were received in response to the 28 day notice of a private meeting.

RESOLVED that pursuant to Regulation 21 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) Regulations 2000, members of the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the consideration of item 9 which involves the likely disclosure of exempt information under the following category of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972:

(3)        Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority).

To approve the Procurement Plan for the tendering of the property and motor insurance provider with associated claims handling services.

RESOLVED that:

1          The Procurement Plan for the tender of the property and motor insurance policies be approved.

2          The award of the contract(s) be delegated to the Director of Resources subject to the new contracts being within budget.