Meeting Details

Meeting Summary
Shareholder Reference Group
4 Oct 2022 - 20:00 to 20:08
  • Documents
  • Attendance
  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda

Meeting Details
Meetingdetails
MeetingDetailsHybrid

Members are invited to a Meeting of the Shareholder Reference Group

to be held in the Conference Room, Riverside, Lowestoft,

on Tuesday, 4 October 2022 at the conclusion of the preceding Cabinet meeting and no earlier than 8.00pm

 

This meeting will be broadcast to the public via the East Suffolk YouTube Channel at https://youtu.be/uAYTpBmnz7A.

Part One - Open To The Public
1 Election of a Chairman

To elect a Chairman of the Shareholder Reference Group

1

On the proposition of Councillor Rivett, seconded by Councillor Burroughes it was

 

RESOLVED

 

That Councillor Steve Gallant be elected Chairman of the Shareholder Reference Group.

2 Election of a Vice-Chairman

To elect a Vice-Chairman of the Shareholder Reference Group

2

On the proposition of Councillor Gallant, seconded by Councillor Cook it was

 

RESOLVED

 

That Councillor Craig Rivett be elected Vice-Chairman of the Shareholder Reference Group.

3 Apologies for Absence

To receive apologies for absence, if any.

3
Apologies for absence were received from Councillor James Mallinder.
4 Declarations of Interest

Members and Officers are invited to make any declarations of interests, and the nature of that interest, that they may have in relation to items on the Agenda and are also reminded to make any declarations at any stage during the Meeting if it becomes apparent that this may be required when a particular item or issue is considered.

4

Councillor Stephen Burroughes declared an Other Registerable Interest as a member of the Joint Venture Board for Waveney Norse and Suffolk Coastal Norse.

 

Stephen Baker declared a Non-Pecuniary Interest as a member of the Board of Directors of East Suffolk Services Limited.

 

Nick Khan declared a Non-Pecuniary Interest as a member of the Board of Directors of East Suffolk Services Limited.

 

Andrew Jarvis declared a Non-Pecuniary Interest as both a member of the Board of Directors of East Suffolk Services Limited and a member of the Joint Venture Board for Waveney Norse and Suffolk Coastal Norse.

Report of the Leader of the Council
5

The Shareholder Reference Group received report ES/1301 of the Leader of the Council, which sought approval of the appointment of Cassandra-Ann Clements, the Managing Director of East Suffolk Services Limited (ESSL), as a Director of ESSL.

 

Councillor Gallant introduced the report and outlined the background of the formation of the Shareholder Reference Group at the Cabinet's meeting of 6 September 2022, where it was approved to establish the Shareholder Reference Group as a committee of Cabinet to undertake functions of the Council as shareholder and/or the ultimate owner of the companies in the group that the Council has established/proposes to establish in the future.

 

There being no questions or comments on the report, it was on the proposition of Councillor Gallant, seconded by Councillor Rivett and by a unanimous vote

 

RESOLVED

 

That the Shareholder Reference Group approve the appointment of Cassandra-Ann Clements as a Director of ESSL under Article 21.1 of the East Suffolk Services Limited (ESSL) Articles of Association.

Part Two - Confidential

There are no Exempt or Confidential items for this Agenda.

Meeting Documents

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Apologies
NameReason for Sending Apology
Councillor James Mallinder 
Absent
NameReason for Absence
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

Officers present:
Stephen Baker (Chief Executive), Chris Bing (Head of Legal & Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer), Karen Cook (Democratic Services Manager), Andrew Jarvis (Strategic Director), Nick Khan (Strategic Director), Matt Makin (Democratic Services Officer (Regulatory)), Agnes Ogundiran (Conservative Political Group Support Officer), Melissa Tills (Commercial Lead Lawyer)