Declarations of Interest
To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests in any item on the agenda.
Minutes:
The Mayor noted that Members have those property interests within the administrative area of the Council as recorded in the Register of Interests.
The Mayor also noted that Members may:
· be a Member of a Town or Parish Council
· be a School Governor
· be a member of an external organisation or amenity group
· be a Director of a Council owned company
· be appointed by the Council to a role in an external organisation
· have previously expressed a view on the preparation of the Local Plan
· been involved in decisions about land in their role as a Member of the Council, or in any of their “wider public life” roles;
but that none of these matters are disclosable pecuniary interests, or automatically preclude Members from participating in the business of the meeting.
The Mayor then invited Members to declare to the meeting if they had a disclosable pecuniary interest (or any other interest); and/or if they felt they were unable to approach the debate and vote on any item on the agenda with an open mind.
The following declaration were made:-
It was noted that the Deputy Mayor would declare a pecuniary interest in respect of item 7, Election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor for the 2016/17 Civic year and would leave the Chamber during its consideration.
Councillor C Browne declared an interest in item 13 of the agenda, as his wife was an employee of Cheshire East Council.
Councillor B Dooley declared that she had a disclosable pecuniary interest in Item 21 of the agenda, relating to the Local Plan and would be submitting her apologies for the reconvened meeting on the 26 February when this item would be considered.
Councillor Rachel Bailey referred to a public question which was to be raised under item 6 of the agenda relating to dairy farming and declared that she was a partner in a dairy farm and would, therefore, make no comment and would not be involved in any response to the question.
The Mayor informed the meeting that, as had been her practice in the past, she was not minded to vote on any matter unless a casting vote was required.