Agenda, decisions and minutes
Venue: Council Chamber, Brympton Way, YEOVIL, Somerset BA20 2HT
Contact: Angela Cox 01935 462148 Email: angela.cox@southsomerset.gov.uk
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Minutes of Previous Meeting To approve as a correct record the minutes of the District Executive meeting held on 6th July 2017. Minutes: The minutes of the District Executive meeting held on 6th July 2017, copies of which had been circulated, were taken as read and, having been approved as a correct record, were signed by the Chairman. |
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Peter Seib, Sylvia Seal and Ian Clarke, Director. |
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Declarations of Interest In accordance with the Council's current Code of Conduct (as amended 26 February 2015), which includes all the provisions relating to Disclosable Pecuniary Interests (DPI), personal and prejudicial interests, Members are asked to declare any DPI and also any personal interests (and whether or not such personal interests are also "prejudicial") in relation to any matter on the Agenda for this meeting. Members are reminded that they need to declare the fact that they are also a member of a County, Town or Parish Council as a Personal Interest. Where you are also a member of Somerset County Council and/or a Town or Parish Council within South Somerset you must declare a prejudicial interest in any business on the agenda where there is a financial benefit or gain or advantage to Somerset County Council and/or a Town or Parish Council which would be at the cost or to the financial disadvantage of South Somerset District Council. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest made. |
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Public Question Time Minutes: There were no members of the public present. |
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Chairman's Announcements Minutes: There were no announcements from the Chairman. |
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Decision:
Minutes: The Chairman outlined the reasons for the need to take the urgent decision relating to the potential increase in the cost of the project and to allow works to start during the school holidays.
In response to questions from Members the Community Health and Leisure Manager advised that:-
· Although the works would start during the school holidays, the project would not be complete until the Autumn. · There was a secured community usage at the facility and dedicated public parking spaces. · All the Section 106 contributions would come from sites within Area North. · If the project was delivered under budget then the SSDC contribution would be reduced pro-rata.
It was requested and agreed that a report on the community use at the facility be presented to Area North Committee annually.
At the conclusion of the debate, Members were content to note the urgent decision taken.
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2017/18 Revenue Budget Monitoring Report for the Period ending 30th June 2017 PDF 256 KB Additional documents:
Decision:
Minutes: The Finance Manager introduced the report and gave a detailed explanation of the Transformation budget as requested by the Scrutiny Committee and clarified that a report on the Westland Leisure Complex would be presented to the Executive in September.
It was noted that there were minor corrections to the paragraph numbers detailed in the recommendations in the printed copies of the Agenda.
During discussion, it was noted that the offer for customers to purchase 2 years of garden waste collections had been successful as the income had increased.
At the conclusion of the debate, Members were content to confirm the recommendations of the report.
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2017/18 Capital Budget Monitoring Report for the Period ending 30th June 2017 PDF 254 KB Additional documents:
Decision:
Minutes: The Finance Manager drew Members attention to the table on page 30 of the agenda papers which detailed the revised capital programme and asked that the Executive consider reviewing the delayed capital projects listed in Appendix B and confirm the Strategic Leadership Team proposals to move some of the allocated funding.
At the conclusion of a short debate, Members were content to agree the recommendations of the report.
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Corporate Grants Report 2016 - 2017 PDF 467 KB Decision:
Minutes: There was no debate and Members were content to note the overall spend on voluntary sector grants in 2016/2017.
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District Executive Forward Plan PDF 121 KB Additional documents: Decision:
Minutes: Members noted the following addition to the Executive Forward Plan:-
· Update on Westland Leisure Complex – September 2017
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Date of Next Meeting PDF 17 KB Minutes: Members noted that the next scheduled meeting of the District Executive would take place on Thursday 7th September 2017 in the Council Chamber, Council Offices, Brympton Way, Yeovil commencing at 9.30 a.m.
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Exclusion of Press and Public PDF 72 KB Decision:
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Commercial Land and Property Review and Strategy (Confidential) Decision:
Minutes: The Chairman and Director for Commercial Services and Income Generation introduced the report to Members. They responded to questions from the Scrutiny Committee, and Members on points of detail.
During discussion, a number of points were made to be incorporated into the report to be presented to Full Council and at the conclusion of the debate, Members were content to propose the recommendations for agreement by Full Council.
(Voting: unanimous in favour) |