Agenda

To disclose any disclosable pecuniary interests relating to any item on the agenda.

Members are asked to refer to the Monitoring Officer for advice in relation to the declaration of interests at meetings of the full Council.  A complete list of declarations notified to the Monitoring Officer by 5.00 pm on Monday ???  will be circulated at the meeting. If any member wishes to correct or add to the circulated list, guidance on what constitutes a disclosable pecuniary interest is set out below.

NB The following is a summary of what constitutes a disclosable pecuniary interest. Please seek advice from the Monitoring Officer.

Members must disclose any disclosable pecuniary interest they have in any item on the agenda which comprises

1          Details of any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for       profit or gain.

2          Details of any payment or provision of any other financial benefit (other than from the authority) made or provided within the relevant period in respect of any expenses incurred by you in carrying out duties as a member, or towards your election expenses.  (This includes any payment or financial benefit from a trade union within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.

3          Details of any contract which is made between you (or a body in which you have a beneficial interest) and the authority

(a)       Under which goods or services are to be provided or works are to be           executed; and

            (b)       Which has not been fully discharged.

4          Details of any beneficial interest in land which is within the area of the authority. 

5          Details of any licence (alone or jointly with others) to occupy land in the area of the authority for a month or longer. 

6          Details of any tenancy where (to your knowledge)

            (a)       The landlord is the authority; and

            (b)       The tenant is a body in which you have a beneficial interest.

7          Details of any beneficial interest in securities of a body where

(a)       That body (to your knowledge) has a place of business or land in the          area of the authority; and

(b)       Either –

(i)      The total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one        hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body; or

(ii)     If that share capital of that body is of more than one class, the total nominal value of the shares of any one class in which the relevant person has a beneficial interest exceeds one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that class.

In addition, you must also disclose other non-pecuniary interests set out in the Code of Conduct where these have not already been registered.

Note

A “disclosable pecuniary interest” is an interest of a councillor or their partner (which means spouse or civil partner, a person with whom they are living as husband or wife, or a person with whom they are living as if they are civil partners).

To consider whether there are any items on the agenda in respect of which the press and public should be excluded during consideration of the item.

To receive petitions or questions from the public under the Public Participation Scheme for the Council.  This item is time limited to 30 minutes.

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 3 November 2022 (copy enclosed)

To receive any announcements from the Chair, Leader, Members of the Cabinet or the Chief Executive

The minutes of the meetings of the Cabinet held on 15 December 2022 are enclosed (copy attached)

The Leader will ask members if they have any questions on the minutes taking each page in turn. Members should state clearly the minute number of the item concerned.

The minutes of the meetings of the Cabinet held on 16 March 2023 are to follow (copy to follow)

The Leader will ask members if they have any questions on the minutes taking each page in turn. Members should state clearly the minute number of the item concerned.

To consider questions from Members, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule No 11.2 to 11.5 to the Leader, a Member of the Executive or the Chair of any Committee.

To consider the final report from the Chair of Scrutiny Management Board (copy enclosed)

To receive reports from Committees of the Council and receive questions and answers in accordance with Council Procedure Rules 11.1 to 11.5.

To approve the final minutes of the Allerdale Local Committee meeting held on 21 March 2023 (copy to follow)

To receive the minutes of a meeting of the Audit and Assurance Committee held on 18 November 2022 (copy enclosed), 6 December 2022 (copy enclosed) and the draft minutes 9 March (copy to follow)

To approve the final minutes of a meeting of Barrow Local Committee held on 17 March 2023 (copy to follow).

To receive the minutes of a meeting of the Carlisle Local Committee held on 3 March 2023 (copy enclosed).

To approve the final minutes of the Copeland Local Committee meeting held on 15 March 2023 (copy to follow)

To agree the final minutes from the Cumbria Fire Local Pension Board meeting held on 9 March 2023(copy to follow)

To receive and approve the draft minutes of a meeting of the Cumbria Health and Wellbeing Board held on 10 March 2023 (copy to follow)

To approve the final minutes of the Cumbria Health Scrutiny Committee held on 21 February 2023 (copy enclosed)

To approve the final minutes of the meetings of the Cumbria Police and Crime Panel held on 26 January 2023 (copies enclosed).

To receive the minutes of a meeting of the Cumbria Pensions Committee held on 13 December 2022 (copy enclosed), and approve the final minutes of the meeting held on 14 March 2023 (copy to follow)

To approve the final minutes of a meeting of the Development and Control Regulation Committee held on 28 February 2023 (copy enclosed).

To approve the final minutes of the meeting of Holehird Trust Joint Committee held on 8 March 2023 (copy to follow)

To approve the final minutes of a meeting of the Scrutiny Advisory Board – Children and Young People held on 7 February 2023 (copy enclosed).

To approve the final minutes of the Scrutiny Advisory Board – Communities and Place meeting held on 10 March 2023 (copy enclosed)

To approve the final minutes of a meeting of the Scrutiny Committee – Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership held on 27 February 2023 (copy enclosed).

To approve the final minutes of the Cumbria and Lancashire Joint Health Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 27 September 2022 (copy enclosed)

To approve the final minutes of the Scrutiny Management Board meeting held on 6 March 2023 (copy enclosed)

To approve the final minutes of a meeting of the Workington Harbour Management Committee held on 20 January 2023 (copy enclosed)

The chairman will present certificates in recognition of the work of the County Council’s longest serving staff members (41 years or more).

To consider notice of motions for up to a specified period of one hour.

Mr Thornton will move

“This Council recognises the hard work and dedication of the many officers and councillors who have served Cumbria County Council since 1974 and thanks them all for their contributions to improving the lives of the people of Cumbria. We also recognise the many achievements of Cumbria County Council and the positive legacy we leave for our successor councils”.

Mrs Carrick to second.

To hear speeches (not exceeding five minutes each) for up to a specified period of 30 minutes, from individual members, of which at least 24 hours’ notice has been given to the Executive Director – Corporate, Customer and Community Services.