Meeting Details

• action in the event of an emergency;
• use of mobile phones;
• audio recording of the meeting;
• location of toilets.

The Chairman to invite Councillors to declare individually any interests they may have in the items on the agenda. Councillors should consult Meetings General Procedure Rule 7 for full guidance on the registration and declaration of interests. However Councillors may wish to note the following:- 

• Where a Councillor has a disclosable pecuniary interest, other pecuniary interest or a non-pecuniary interest in any business of the authority and he/she is present at a meeting of the authority at which the business is considered, the Councillor must disclose to that meeting the existence and nature of that interest, whether or not such interest is registered on his/her register of Interests or if he/she has made a pending notification.  
   
• If a Councillor has a disclosable pecuniary interest in a matter being considered at a meeting, he/she must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter at the meeting. The Councillor must withdraw from the room where the meeting is being held unless he/she has received a dispensation from the Monitoring Officer.
   
• Where a Councillor has another pecuniary interest in a matter being considered at a meeting and where the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the Councillor’s judgement of the public interest, the Councillor must disclose the existence and nature of the interest and withdraw from the room where the meeting is being held unless he/she has received a dispensation from the Monitoring Officer.
   
• Failure to comply with the arrangements regarding disclosable pecuniary interests without reasonable excuse is a criminal offence, with a penalty of up to £5,000 and disqualification from office for up to 5 years.

Motion that in pursuance of the provisions of section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972 this Council confers the title of Honorary Alderman on former Councillors Ray Gamble and Margaret Fairley-Crowe  in recognition of their loyal and eminent service as a member of the Council and its constituent authority. 

The Mayor to present an illuminated transcript of the resolution to Honorary Aldermen Gamble and Fairley-Crowe.

Honorary Aldermen Gamble and Fairley-Crowe to respond.

Details of the ceremony are attached for information.