Agenda and draft minutes

Joint Panel Meeting - Tuesday, 18th June, 2024 4.30 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Town Hall, Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn PE30 5DQ. View directions

Items
No.	Item
1.	Appointment of Chair for the Meeting Minutes: RESOLVED: Councillor Long was appointed Chair for the meeting.
2.	Appointment of Vice Chair for the Meeting Minutes: RESOLVED: Councillor Blunt was appointed Vice Chair for the meeting.
3.	Apologies for absence Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Beal, Bearshaw, Bhondi, Bullen, Colwell, Heneghan, Hodson, Kemp, Kunes, Ratcliffe and Sayers.
4.	Declaration of Interest PDF 128 KB Minutes: Councillor Long declared an interest as the previous Chair of Alive West Norfolk Board of Directors. Councillor Jones declared an interest as the current Chair of Alive West Norfolk.
5.	Urgent Business Minutes: There was none.
6.	Members Present Pursuant to Standing Order 34 Minutes: Councillors Bearshaw and Heneghan were present via Zoom, under Standing Order 34.
7.	Chairs Correspondence Minutes: There was none.
8.	Exclusion of Press and Public To consider passing the following resolution: “That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act”. Minutes: RESOLVED: That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.
9.	EXEMPT - Alive West Norfolk Options Report View the declarations of interest for item 9. View the reasons why item 9. is restricted Minutes: The Corporate Governance Manager provided Panel Members with information on options for Alive West Norfolk. Members were informed that they were receiving this information at an early stage so that their comments could be considered during production of the Cabinet Report. It was noted that the Cabinet report would be considered by the Environment and Community Panel at a future meeting, prior to being presented to Cabinet, so that the Panel had the opportunity to make recommendations to Cabinet. Panel Members provided their comments on the proposals and the Corporate Governance Manager and Interim Assistant Director (Leisure, Arts and Entertainment) answered questions from Members. The Chair invited the Portfolio Holders present at the meeting to address the Panel. The Panel was reminded that the final Cabinet report would be presented to the Environment and Community Panel in due course. RESOLVED: The Joint Panel indicated their preferred option on future arrangements for the Management of Alive West Norfolk.