Agenda and minutes
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Apologies
To receive any apologies for absence. Additional documents: Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillors N Cavill, S Coles, H Davies, C Ellis, Mr M Hill, J Lloyd, and M Peters. |
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Declarations of Interest
To receive and note any declarations of disclosable pecuniary or prejudicial or personal interests in respect of any matters included on the agenda for consideration at this meeting.
(The personal interests of Councillors and Clerks of Somerset County Council, Town or Parish Councils and other Local Authorities will automatically be recorded in the minutes.) Additional documents: Minutes: Members present at the meeting declared the following personal interests in their capacity as a Councillor or Clerk of a County, Town or Parish Council or any other Local Authority:-
Councillor S Buller further declared an interest as an owner of an investment flat and Councillor F Smith-Roberts further declared an interest as an occupier of Auction House on the Firepool site. |
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Public Participation - To receive only in relation to the business for which the Extraordinary Meeting has been called any questions, statements or petitions from the public in accordance with Council Procedure Rules 14,15 and 16
The Chair to advise the Committee of any items on which members of the public have requested to speak and advise those members of the public present of the details of the Council’s public participation scheme.
For those members of the public who have submitted any questions or statements, please note, a three minute time limit applies to each speaker and you will be asked to speak before Councillors debate the issue.
Temporary measures during the Coronavirus Pandemic Due to the Government guidance on measures to reduce the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19), we will holding meetings in a virtual manner which will be live webcast on our website. Members of the public will still be able to register to speak and ask questions, which will then be read out by the Governance and Democracy Case Manager during Public Question Time and will either be answered by the Chair of the Committee, or the relevant Portfolio Holder, or be followed up with a written response. Additional documents: Minutes: No members of the public had requested to speak on any item on the agenda. |
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To receive any communications or announcements from the Chair of the Council
Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair of the Council advised councillors that she has laid a wreath on behalf of Somerset West and Taunton in Vivary Park and then requested that Full Council marked a two minute silence for Remembrance Day. |
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To receive any communications or announcements from the Leader of the Council
Additional documents: Minutes: The Leader of the Council reminded councillors that the country was due to head into its second period of lockdown on 5 November 2020 and that Somerset West and Taunton was ready to support the community as it had during the first lockdown. |
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To receive only in relation to the business for which the Extraordinary Meeting has been called any questions from Councillors in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 13
Additional documents: Minutes: No questions were received in relation to Procedure Rule 13. |
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Access to Information - Exclusion of the Press and Public
During discussion of the following item it may be necessary to pass the following resolution to exclude the press and public having reflected on Article 13 13.02(e) (a presumption in favour of openness) of the Constitution. This decision may be required because consideration of this matter in public may disclose information falling within one of the descriptions of exempt information in Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The Council will need to decide whether, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption, outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Recommend that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the next item of business on the ground that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 respectively of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). Additional documents: Minutes: Resolvedthat under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the next items of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 respectively of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). |
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Delivering Regeneration – Setting up a Special Purpose Vehicle
This matter is the responsibility of Executive Councillor for Asset Management and Economic Development, Councillor Marcus Kravis. Minutes: Resolved that Full Council: 1.1Approved the creation of (name to be confirmed) as a company limited by shares and wholly-owned by the Council in accordance with the principles of future business cases set out in the report; 1.2Delegated authority to the Director of Development and Place (in consultation with the Executive) to register the name of (the SPV) and complete all practical, financial and legal matters to enable (the group SPV) to be established including approval of the final form of all necessary legal documentation and thereafter oversee operations of the Council; and 1.3That Projects and services were added to the Group on a business case by business case basis as approved by Full Council and performance monitored through the Shareholder Agreement. |
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Regeneration of Firepool: Business Case for Phase 1 delivery (Infrastructure and Block 1)
This matter is the responsibility of Executive Councillor for Asset Management and Economic Development, Councillor Marcus Kravis. Minutes: Resolved that Full Council approved the recommendations contained within the confidential report. |
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Purchase and development of Tangier Gas Works Site
This matter is the responsibility of Executive Councillor for Asset Management and Economic Development, Councillor Marcus Kravis. Minutes: Resolved that Full Council approved the recommendations contained within the confidential report. |