Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

All Members were present for the meeting and there were no apologies.

To enable Members to disclose to the meeting any disclosable pecuniary interest they may have in any matter on the agenda for the meeting where that interest is not already entered in the Authority’s register of interests, and any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests in any such matter that Members may wish to disclose.

Members were mindful of their duty to disclose at the meeting any disclosable pecuniary interest they had in any matter on the agenda for the meeting, where that interest was not already entered in the Authority's register of interests, and their ability to disclose any other personal interests in any such matter that they might have wished to disclose.

There were no declarations.

To approve the open minutes from the meeting held on 14 March 2023.

The open minutes from the meeting held on 14 March 2023 were noted and approved.

Pursuant to Standing Order 19, to receive any deputations to this meeting.

There were no deputations for the meeting.

To receive any announcements the Chairman may wish to make.

The Chairman welcomed new Members to the meeting.

To resolve that the public be excluded from the meeting during the following items of business, as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during these items there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, and further that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons set out in the reports.

It was resolved that the public be excluded from the meeting during the

following items of business, as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during the items there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, and further that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons set out in the reports.

To consider an exempt report from the Director of 3SFire CIC on the company’s financial results for the year ending 31 March 2023.

The Committee received a report from the Managing Director of 3SFire CIC (item 7 in the minute book) on financial results [SEE SUMMARY OF EXEMPT MINUTE]

To consider an exempt report of the Director of 3SFire CIC, which provides the Committee with a regular update regarding recent trading performance and a forward view towards the end of the current financial year.

The Committee received a report from the Managing Director of 3SFire CIC (item 8 in the minute book) with a business update and projections [SEE SUMMARY OF EXEMPT MINUTE]

To approve the exempt minutes from the meeting that took place on 14 March 2023.

The exempt minutes from the meeting held on 14 March were approved by the Committee.