MINUTES OF EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF NEWBY AND SCALBY TOWN COUNCIL
held in the Community Hub, Council Office, 445b Scalby Road, Scalby,
on Friday, 12th July 2024 at 9.15am.
PRESENT: Councillors R Thompson (Chairman), D Bastiman, H Bore, R Holliday, B Kendall, B Marley, D Pickersgill, J Smith.
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: 18 members of public. Mrs J Marley (Clerk to Council).
ABSENT: Cllrs. S Foote, N Murphy, J Shepherd, C Thistleton.
109/24 NON-ATTENDANCE OF COUNCILLORS
109/24.1 Apologies received & noted from Cllrs. S Foote, J Shepherd and C Thistleton.
109/24.2 Resolved the reasons for absence given by Cllrs. Foote (prior commitment), Shepherd (health) and Thistleton (work commitment) be accepted.
110/24 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST: Received & noted from Cllr. Kendall (agenda item 4.1 as he was the payee).
111/24 MINUTES
111/24.1 Having been previously circulated, the minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of Council held on 5th June 2024 were resolved to be a correct record and authorised for signature by Cllr. Thompson.
112/24 FINANCE, REGULATORY & GENERAL MATTERS
112/24.1 Resolved the Schedule of Accounts payable for July 2024, Schedule 4 (£6,793-57) be authorised for payment. Cllrs. Smith and Thompson to do the online authorisations.
113/24 EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
At 9.21am it was resolved that in accordance with section 1 of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the next item of business on the grounds it related to personnel/staffing, financial or legal matters.
Members of public present refused to leave the meeting room when requested so to do by the Chairman. At 9.23 am the Chairman declared the meeting suspended and instructed Councillors to move to the Clerk’s office where the meeting could be re-convened. At 9.28am the meeting was re-convened in the Clerk’s office
114/24 CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS
114/24.1 Councillors received & noted a confidential report (tabled at the meeting) which gave an update on a legal matter [Minute 108/24 referred]. Resolved Clerk’s recommendation be accepted; further resolved Minute Number 58/24.7 be amended, Clerk to amend the original minute and Chairman to sign the amended minutes as the new official record of the meeting.
114/24.2 Verbal update on a staffing matter – received & noted report by Clerk that details were not yet to hand, and resolved no action to be taken at this time.
There being no further business to be transacted, the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 9.35am.
Cllr. Richard Thompson, Chairman