10
The Leader stated that in exceptional circumstances the Council may, by law, exclude members of the public from all, or part of, an executive decision-making meeting. The Council should, unless there were urgent circumstances, give notice of its intention to do so via the Forward Plan, which was updated and published on its website 28 clear days prior to the meeting. There were various reasons, the Leader added, that the Council, on occasions, had to do this and examples were because a report contained information relating to an individual, information relating to the financial or business affairs of a particular person, or information relating to any consultations or negotiations.
Tonight, the Leader stated, Cabinet had three substantive exempt matters to consider and they were as outlined on the published agenda – items 12, 13 and 14.
Firstly, agenda item 12 related to Oulton Broad Yacht Station and The Boulevard, The Crescent and part of The Nicholas Everitt Trust Car Parks. The purpose of this report was to seek Cabinet approval to enter into a lease and management agreements, for the continued operational management of the sites.
Secondly, agenda item 13 related to the Freeport East Full Business Case. The purpose of this report, the Leader advised, was to seek Cabinet approval for the submission of the Freeport East Full Business Case to Government. This was an important part of the process as, should the Government approve the Full Business Case, it would be the penultimate step in the Freeport East set up phase and would result in the release of the seed capital funding which had been allocated to Freeport East. For those of you who may not be aware, the Leader added, Freeport East was an exciting development, which would attract inward international investment and drive domestic growth, propelling the country’s economy forward. It covered Britain’s busiest container port, two major ferry ports and was located close to the East Coast green energy cluster, Freeport East offered a unique combination of advantages to benefit traders, manufacturers and clean energy suppliers. It would create 13,500 new jobs and generate a Gross Value Added (GVA) of £5.5 billion over 10 years.
Finally, the Leader stated, agenda item 14 related to the sale of land between 2 and 3 Glebe Cottages in Homersfield. The purpose of this report was to seek Cabinet approval for the sale of this small strip of land, which would provide a small capital receipt to the Council and reduce its management and maintenance responsibility.
On the proposition of Councillor Gallant, seconded by Councillor Rivett, it was by unanimous vote
RESOLVED
That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.