To receive apologies for absence (to include reasons, where appropriate) from Members /

Officers).

Apologies for absence were received from the following Member for the reason so stated:

Councillor RJ Hancock – prior commitment

To receive declarations of personal and prejudicial interest (if any) from Members / Officers

in accordance with the provisions with the Members’ Code of Conduct adopted by Council

on 1 September 2008.

none

To receive for approval the Minutes of the Standards Committee of 21 May 2015

RESOLVED:       That the minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee of 21 May 2015 were approved as a true and accurate record

To consider any item(s) of business in respect of which notice has been given in

accordance with Rule 4 of the Council’s Procedure Rules and which the person presiding at the meeting is of the opinion should by reason of special circumstances be transacted at the meeting as a matter urgency.

There were no urgent items

The minutes and report relating to the following items are not for publication as they contain exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 of Part 4 and Paragraph 21 of Part 5 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information)(Variation)(Wales) Order 2007. If following the application of the public interest test the Committee resolves pursuant to the. Act to consider these items in private, the public will be excluded from the meeting during

such consideration.

RESOLVED:                That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business, as the report contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A and Paragraph 5 of Schedule 12A of the Act:-

                                      Following the application of the public interest test it was resolved that pursuant to the provisions of the Act referred to above, to consider the under-mentioned item in private with the public being excluded from the meeting as it would involve the disclosure to them of exempt information as stated above.