EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

Following due consideration and receipt of legal advice the decision was taken to exclude the public from the meeting for a short period of time. This was to facilitate the discussion of the information in the report that could prejudice the commercial interests of a third party. Due consideration was given to the impact on the Council should such information be released into the public domain and therefore it was considered that the public interest in knowing the information was outweighed by the public interest in maintaining the exemption.

The Committee agreed to adopt the following motion

“That, under the provisions of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, the press and public be excluded from part of the Presentation on the grounds that it contains information defined as Exempt in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972.”

The Committee reviewed the decision to close the One O’clock club in Victoria Park. This had been initially considered by the Children’s Sub-Committee in December and had then been referred to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to consider whether this should have been a ‘key decision’.

The Chair Moved and it was:

RESOLVED that on the basis of the information and advice received that the decision to close this service did not meet the threshold of a key decision.