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County Councillor A Vincent replaced County Councillor Driver at this meeting.
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Apologies Minutes: None. |
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Disclosure of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests Members are asked to consider any Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the Agenda. Minutes: None. |
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Constitution, Membership and Terms of Reference Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee received a report on the membership and terms of reference of the Committee for 2017/18.
Resolved:
That:
i. the appointment of County Councillors G Driver and A Atkinson as Chair and Deputy Chair respectively of the Employment Committee for the 2017/18 municipal year be noted.
ii. the membership and terms of reference of the Employment Committee, as set out in the report, be noted.
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Minutes of the Meeting held on 23 March 2017 To be confirmed, and signed by the chair. Minutes: Resolved: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 23 March 2017 be confirmed and signed by the Chair. |
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Urgent Business An item of urgent business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the Minutes, the Chair of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency. Wherever possible, the Chief Executive should be given advance warning of any Member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading. Minutes: None. |
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Date of Next Meeting The next meeting of the Committee will be held on 10 July 2017 at 2.00 p.m. at County Hall, Preston. Minutes: It was noted that the next meeting of the Committee would be held on July 2017 |
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Exclusion of Press and Public The Committee is asked to consider whether, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, it considers that the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972, as indicated against the heading to the item. Minutes: Resolved: That the press and members of the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part I of Schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972. It was considered that in all the circumstances the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information. |
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Merger of Coronial Jurisdictions
(Not for Publication – Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972. It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interests in disclosing the information). Minutes: (Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. It was considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information).
The Committee considered a report in relation to the proposed merger of Preston and West Lancashire, East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen coronial areas and the associated salary costs relating to the Senior Coroner.
Resolved:
That the recommendations, as set out in the report now presented, be approved. |