Agenda and minutes

9.1       RESOLVED – to confirm as a correct record the minutes of the County Council meeting held on 12 May 2020.

10.1     Apologies for absence were received on behalf of Councillors Jim Sheppard, John Ungar and Steve Wallis. On behalf of the Council the Chairman sent Councillor Ungar his best wishes.

11.1     The Chairman reminded all attending that holding remote meetings is a learning process and that the Council endeavouring to maintain business as usual as best we can.

PETITIONS

11.2     The following petitions were presented before the meeting by members:

12.1     Copies of the questions received from members of the public and the answers from Councillor Fox (Chair of the Pension Committee) and Councillor Claire Dowling (Lead Member for Transport and Environment) are attached to these minutes.

13.1     The following members declared personal interests in items on the agenda as follows:

14.1     The Chairman of the County Council having called over the reports set out in the agenda, reserved the following for discussion:

Cabinet report – paragraph 2 (Council monitoring quarter 4), paragraph 3 (coronavirus update), paragraph 4 (East Sussex Environment Strategy) and paragraph 5 (Ashdown Forest Trust)

Governance Committee report – paragraph 4 (Health and Wellbeing Board terms of reference)

Standards Committee report – paragraph 1 (annual report)

East Sussex Fire Authority report (April meeting) – paragraph 2 (Risk Management Plan)

NON-RESERVED PARAGRAPHS

14.2     On the motion of the County Council, the Council ADOPTED those paragraphs in the reports that had not been reserved for discussion as follows:

Cabinet report – paragraph 1 (Council monitoring quarter 3)

Governance Committee report – paragraph 1 (Pension Board and Pension Committee terms of reference), paragraph 2 (Review of the Members’ Allowances Scheme), paragraph 3 (Virtual meetings supplementary Standing Orders including additional recommendation circulated regarding Councillor Ungar) and paragraph 5 (disciplinary process for senior officers)

Paragraph 1 (Council monitoring quarter 4), Paragraph 3 (Coronavirus update), Paragraph 4 (East Sussex Environment Strategy) and Paragraph 5 (Ashdown Forest Trust Fund)

15.1     Councillor Glazier moved the reserved paragraphs of the Cabinet’s report.

15.2     The motions were CARRIED after debate.

Paragraph 4 (Health and Wellbeing Board terms of reference)

16.1     Councillor Glazier moved the adoption of the paragraph.

16.2     The following amendment moved by Councillor Lambert and seconded was LOST:

The County Council agrees to refer the terms of reference of the Health and Wellbeing Board back to the Governance Committee with a request that the Committee consider the allocation of the 4 County Councillor places on the Board being made on a politically proportionate basis

16.3     The motion moved by Councillor Glazier was ADOPTED after debate

Paragraph 1 (Annul report)

17.1     Councillor Stogdon moved the reserved paragraph of the Standards Committee report.

17.2     The motion was CARRIED after debate.

(a)  Oral questions to Cabinet Members

(b)  Written Questions of which notice has been given pursuant to Standing Order 44

18.1     The following members asked questions of the Lead Cabinet Members indicated and they responded:

18.2     One written question was received from Councillor Field for the Lead Member for Resources. The question and answer are attached to these minutes. The Lead Member responded to a supplementary question.

19.1     Members commented on paragraph 2 of the East Sussex Fire Authority’s report (April meeting).