Agenda

General Purposes Committee - Wednesday, 13th September, 2023 6.00 pm, CANCELLED

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Note: This meeting has been cancelled by the Monitoring Officer in consultation with the Chairman of the Council and political group leaders on the basis that there is no substantive item of business to transact.

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies PDF 52 KB To receive any apologies for absence.
2.	Appointment of Substitute Members PDF 55 KB To note appointments of Substitute Members.
3.	Declarations of Interest PDF 55 KB To receive any declarations of interest from Members in respect of business to be transacted on the agenda.
4.	Minutes PDF 87 KB To confirm the attached Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 13 March 2023.
5.	Exclusion of the Press and Public PDF 48 KB The recommendation is attached. MATTERS WHICH THE MANAGEMENT TEAM SUGGESTS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN PRIVATE AS THE REPORT CONTAINS EXEMPT INFORMATION AS DEFINED WITHIN PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 12A OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 AS INDICATED AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE PROPER OFFICER CONSIDERS THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN MAINTAINING THE EXEMPTION OUTWEIGHS THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN DISCLOSING THE INFORMATION
6.	APPOINTMENT OF A GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE View the reasons why item 6. is restricted To consider the attached report of the Head of Human Resources, Payroll and Communications.

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