Minutes of a meeting of the Commercial Subcommittee

Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson

On Thursday 28 September 2017, commencing at 2.57pm

 

Present:              Mr J Murray (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Councillors L Acland, I Barker, M Courtney, and Mr J Peters

In Attendance:   Councillors M Rutledge and S Walker, Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), Group Manager Community Services (Chris Ward), and Governance Adviser (E-J Ruthven)

 

 

1.       Apologies

There were no apologies.

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

There was no change to the order of business.

3.       Interests

There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.

4.       Public Forum 

There was no public forum.

5.       Confirmation of Minutes

5.1      18 August 2017

Document number M2823, agenda pages 5 - 10 refer.

Resolved COM/2017/043

That the Subcommittee

Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Commercial Subcommittee, held on 18 August 2017, as a true and correct record.

Peters/Her Worship the Mayor                                                     Carried

     

6.       Chairperson's Report

There was no Chairperson’s Report.         

7.       Exclusion of the Public

Resolved COM/2017/044

That the Subcommittee

Excludes the public from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting.

The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as follows:

Peters/Barker                                                                             Carried

 

Item

General subject of each matter to be considered

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interests protected (where applicable)

1

Commercial Subcommittee Meeting - Public Excluded Minutes -  18 August 2017

Section 48(1)(a)

The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7.

The withholding of the information is necessary:

·    Section 7(2)(h)

     To enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

·    Section 7(2)(i)

     To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations).

2

State Advances - RFP analysis

 

Section 48(1)(a)

The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7

The withholding of the information is necessary:

·   Section 7(2)(i)

     To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)

The meeting went into public excluded session at 3.00pm and resumed in public session at 3.57pm. 

8.       Re-admittance of the Public

Resolved COM/2017/045

That the Subcommittee

Re-admits the public to the meeting.

Barker/Peters                                                                             Carried

 

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 3.57pm.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

 

 

 

                                                       Chairperson                                     Date