Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Andrews, Clark, Collinson, Mrs Goodrick, Mrs Keal, Maud, Richardson, Mrs Sanderson, Ward, and Woodward.

There were no public questions.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 24 February 2015.

The minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 24 February 2015 were presented.

Resolved

That the minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 24 February 2015 be approved and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

To receive notice of any urgent business which the Chairman considers should be dealt with at the meeting as a matter of urgency by virtue of Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

There were no items of urgent business.

Members to indicate whether they will be declaring any interests under the Code of Conduct.

Members making a declaration of interest at a meeting of a Committee or Council are required to disclose the existence and nature of that interest.  This requirement is not discharged by merely declaring a personal interest without further explanation.

Councillor Andrews declared a personal non-pecuniary but not prejudicial interest in Items 9 and 10 as he was involved with businesses in Malton.

Councillor Ives declared a personal non-pecuniary but not prejudicial interest in Items 9 and 10 as he had been lobbied.

To receive any announcements from the Chairman, the Leader and/or the Head of Paid Service.

The Chief Executive made the following announcement:

·        That following receipt of a letter from Pinsent Mason, solicitors acting for Fitzwilliam (Malton) Estates, received on 15 April 2015, which objected to the extension of the contract and raised procurement issues in relation to the request to extend the time periods in the contract, it was essential that Officers had sufficient time to consider the legal implications, including the procurement law implications, contained within the letter. The report was therefore withdrawn from the meeting to allow sufficient time to consider the issues raised.

The Chairman made the following announcement:

·        That, in relation to the Motion proposed by Councillors Andrews and Mrs Burr, under Procedure Rule 11.4 a Motion within the purview of any Committee should be referred to that Committee. The Chairman may, however, allow the Motion to be dealt with at Council if he believes is convenient and conducive to the despatch of business. Due to there being new information that required careful consideration, the Chairman believed that it was no longer convenient or conducive to deal with this Motion at this meeting and it was therefore referred to a future meeting of the Policy and Resources Committee.

Certain information in this report is considered to be exempt as defined in Paragraph

3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), as the

information relates to the financial or business affairs of a particular person (including

the authority holding that information).

This item was not considered for the reasons explained in Announcements above.

Report of the Chief Executive.

This item was not considered for the reasons explained in Announcements above.

Proposed by Councillor Andrews and seconded by Councillor Mrs Burr.

The Council is asked to resolve that as:

·        Clarification is needed for the business community in Malton and Ryedale

·        The Contract for the sale of WSCP to GMI is due to expire (unless renewed) on 4 May 2015; and

·        The Contract cannot be completed until GMI can provide a superstore developer to build a superstore on WSCP, and to date GMI have failed to comply with this condition; and

·        WSCP is, by reason inter alia of its location and absence of direct access to the A64, not a prime site for a superstore; and

·        The recent collapse of the market for new superstores is a permanent change in the business environment

The Council therefore resolves not to renew the contract to sell WSCP to GMI.

This item was not considered for the reasons explained in Announcements above.

There being no other business, the meeting closed at 6.40 pm.