Issue - meetings

To consider the current powers available to local authorities in relation to the provision of indemnities to elected Members and Officers and prior to Vesting Day, to agree an indemnity for the Shadow Council.

Report of the Governance Group attached

Gerry Budd on behalf of the Governance Group presented a paper setting out the current powers available to local authorities in relation to the provision of indemnities to elected Members and Officers and proposed that prior to Vesting Day, the Shadow Council agree an indemnity. The appendix to the paper set out the Local Authorities (Indemnities for Members and Officers ) Order 2004.  Members sought clarification of the instances in which the Indemnity may be used.

RESOLVED

That those individuals acting in a representative capacity on behalf of the Authority be indemnified to the maximum extent permitted by the

Local Authorities (Indemnities for Members and Officers) Order 2004.