Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Cowan and Wakefield.

There were no declarations of interest at this meeting.

(a) Minutes of the special meeting of the Cabinet held on Monday 24^th January 2022 – Minutes to follow

(b) Minutes of the special meeting of Place Scrutiny Committee held on 24^th January 2022 – Minutes to follow

The report concerning the Waste Collection Contract (which is an Executive matter) was withdrawn by the Leader of the Council, on behalf on the Administration. 

The Leader, on withdrawing the report, confirmed that the matter would be considered at the Environment, Culture, Tourism and Planning Working Party and that a further report would then be presented to Cabinet which will be available for scrutiny at Place Scrutiny Committee.

Resolved:-

That, under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the items of business set out below, on the grounds that they would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

This matter was withdrawn (see Minute 644 above).