Governance Committee

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

10.30 am (OR AT THE CONCLUSION OF CABINET, WHICHEVER IS LATER) COUNCIL CHAMBER, COUNTY HALL, LEWES

MEMBERSHIP -

Councillors Keith Glazier (Chair), Nick Bennett, Bob Bowdler, Chris Collier, Johnny Denis and David Tutt

A G E N D A

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1.	Minutes of the meeting held on 22 April 2025 (Pages 3 - 6)

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2.	Apologies for absence

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3.	Disclosures of interests Disclosures by all members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the member regards the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

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Urgent items Notification of items which the Chair considers to be urgent and proposes to take at the appropriate part of the agenda. Any members who wish to raise urgent items are asked, wherever possible, to notify the Chair before the start of the meeting. In so doing, they must state the special circumstances which they consider justify the matter being considered urgent.

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5.	Neonatal Care Leave and Pay (Pages 7 - 14) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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6.	Appointments to Outside Bodies (Pages 15 - 18) Report by the Deputy Chief Executive

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7.	Conservators of Ashdown Forest - Appointment of Council representatives (Pages 19 - 20) Report by the Deputy Chief Executive

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8.	Scrutiny Activity Update (Pages 21 - 56) Report by the Deputy Chief Executive

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9.	Any non-exempt items previously notified under agenda item 4

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10.

Exclusion of Public and Press To consider excluding the public and press from the meeting for the remaining agenda items on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended). Namely information relating to any individual; to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information); and information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.

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11.	Conservators of Ashdown Forest - Appointment of Council representatives (Pages 57 - 66) Report by the Deputy Chief Executive

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12.	Sea Change Sussex Membership (Pages 67 - 74) Report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport

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13.	Any other exempt items considered urgent by the Chair

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PHILIP BAKER

Deputy Chief Executive 

County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent

LEWES BN7 1UE                                                                                                             16 June 2025

Contact Hannah Matthews, Governance and Democracy Manager,

01273 335138

Email: hannah.matthews@eastsussex.gov.uk

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