Agenda and minutes

Councillor Exton was appointed the parish representative with voting rights for this meeting.

Apologies for absence were received from Chris Holtom and Nick Goddard.

Members are asked to declare interests in matters for consideration at the meeting.

There were none declared.

An application has been received from Bourne Town Council for a dispensation for a further six months to enable a resolution to be passed regarding the Council’s office accommodation.

(Enclosures)

Decision:

To grant an extension for a further six months to the dispensation granted to Bourne Town Council on 19^th May 2005 to consider matters relating to the possible relocation of the Town Council Offices. This dispensation to allow the six district councillors, who are also members of the Town Council, to take part and decide matters relating to the relocation.

The Standards Committee considered a request from Bourne Town Council to extend its dispensation for a further six months to allow a decision to be made on the possible relocations of its offices, as the issues regarding accommodations had not yet been resolved.

The Committee agreed on the facts before them and maintained that to grant the dispensation was in the overall public interest as it concerned a shared prejudicial interest between the said six councillors on a proper and genuine matters of business for the Town Council.

A few queries relating to dual-hatted members were raised, to which the Deputy Monitoring Officer responded accordingly.

The meeting closed at 10.05a.m.