Agenda item

Report of the Head of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer

At this point in the meeting, Councillors S.Freeguard and A.L.Thomas withdrew from the room, and took no part in the discussion and voting thereon.

RESOLVED:                 That a dispensation be granted to all Elected Members of the Council to speak and vote on issues relating to the business of car parking charges for Staff and Members, provided that Members using the dispensation must understand that it cannot be used if the matter under consideration would confer a greater benefit on the employed family member than on other tax payers, ratepayers or inhabitants of the Council’s area, or be such that a member of the public might reasonably conclude it would significantly affect the Member’s ability to act purely on the merits of the case and in the public interest if the Member were to take part in the discussion.