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 Committee held on 9 May 2017.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Executive Committee held on 9 May 2017 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

There were no items of urgent business.

Agenda item 6 is supported by an annex containing exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. If the Committee wishes to discuss the content of this annex in detail, it may choose to move the following resolution:

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 6 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 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 6 (minute 5) 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).

The Executive considered the report submitted on the item listed below and the decisions taken are recorded in the decision sheets attached to these minutes and summarised below.

To update the Executive Committee on possible investment opportunities previously considered and to highlight further opportunities for consideration.

RESOLVED that;

i)              progress to date in pursuing possible investment opportunities discussed at the Executive Committee meeting on 9 May 2017 be noted.

ii)             the investment opportunities identified in the exempt investment tracker attached to the agenda papers as properties 19 & 20 be pursued subject to due diligence being undertaken on both properties and that property 18 not be pursued any further.