Agenda and draft minutes

The Chair welcomed all members to the meeting and explained the evacuation procedure in the event of an emergency.

No apologies received.

The Chair noted that Councillor Fodor was in attendance as a substitute member for Councillor Bolton who was in attendance as Party Group Leader. Councillor Hopkins was in attendance as Party Group Leader.

To note any declarations of interest from the Councillors.  They are asked to indicate the relevant agenda item, the nature of the interest and in particular whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest.

Any declarations of interest made at the meeting which is not on the register of interests should be notified to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion.

There were none.

Up to 30 minutes is allowed for this item

Any member of the public or Councillor may participate in Public Forum.  The detailed arrangements for so doing are set out in the Public Information Sheet at the back of this agenda.  Public Forum items should be emailed to democratic.services@bristol.gov.uk and please note that the following deadlines will apply in relation to this meeting:-

Questions - Written questions must be received 3 clear working days prior to the meeting.  For this meeting, this means that your question(s) must be received in this office at the latest by 5 pm on 6 January 2017.

Petitions and Statements - Petitions and statements must be received on the working day prior to the meeting.  For this meeting this means that your submission must be received in this office at the latest by 12.00 noon on 11 January 2017.

The response to a Question submitted by Councillor Donald Alexander was circulated to the Board. The Chair reiterated his written response that the question be put directly to the Mayor at the next Mayoral Question Time preceding OSMB on 9 February 2017.

The Chair confirmed with the Board that all confidentiality agreements had been signed.

That under s.100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it (they) involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s) 3 (respectively) of Part 1 of schedule 12A of the Act.

RESOLVED – that under s100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public were excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

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