A meeting of the Resources Committee will be held on Tuesday 4 July 2023 at the rising of
the Planning, Highways and Transport Committee Meeting in the Council Chamber,
Council Office, North Street, Ilminster, TA19 0DG
Members of the public are welcome and encouraged to attend. If you wish to attend, please let
Ilminster Town Clerk know either by email town.council@ilminster.gov.uk or phone the office
on 01460 52149 by 15:00hrs on Tuesday 4 July 2023.
If members of the public have any questions on matters that are on the agenda, then if possible,
please notify the Council Office before the day of meeting which item you would like to speak
about.
This meeting has been advertised as a public meeting and as such could be filmed or recorded
by broadcasters, the media or members of the public. Please be aware that whilst every effort
is taken to ensure that members of the public are not filmed, we cannot guarantee this,
especially if you are speaking or taking an active role.
The business to be considered at the meeting is outlined on the Agenda below.
Yours sincerely
Mark Tredwin
Town Clerk
Resources Agenda
1. To elect a Chair
2. To elect a Vice Chair
3. Public Forum
Fifteen minutes will be made available for public comment and response in relation to
items on this agenda. Individuals will be permitted a maximum of three minutes each to
address the committee.
4. Apologies for absence
To receive apologies for absence from Councillors unable to attend the meeting
5. Declarations of Interest
To receive any declarations from Councillors and Officers of interests in respect of
matters to be considered at this meeting, together with an appropriate statement
regarding the nature of the interest
Members are reminded that if they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest on their register of
interest relating to any item on the agenda, they are prevented from participating in any
discussion or voting on that matter at the meeting as to do so would amount to a criminal
offence. Similarly, if you are or become aware of a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter
under consideration at this meeting which is not on your register of interests or is in the process
of being added to your register you must disclose such interest at this meeting and register it
within 28 days.
6. Dispensations
To note the grant of dispensations made by the Town Clerk in relation to the business
of this meeting
7. Minutes
The Minutes of the Resources meeting held on 10 January 2023 are to be confirmed as
a correct record
8. Clerk’s Update report
Members to be updated about matters previously brought to this committee and not
considered elsewhere on the agenda
9. Financial Monitoring
To receive information about the Resources Committee budget, income and expenditure
10. Somerset Council’s Licensing Policy
To allow members to comment on the new Licensing Policy emanating from Somerset
Council.
11. Leases
For members to consider current Leases for the Archie Gooch Pavilion and the Tony
Rice bar
12. Exempt Business
To move that under Section 1, Paragraph 2 of The Public Bodies (Admission to
Meetings) Act 1960, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for this item of
business in view of the likely disclosure of confidential matters about information relating
to an individual, and information relating to the financial or business affairs of any
particular person, within the meaning of paragraphs 1 and 8 of schedule 12A to the Local
Government Act 1972 (see Section 1 and Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government
(Access to Information) Act 1985), as amended by the Local Government (Access to
Information) (Variation) Order 2006.
Resources Committee: Cllr Shepherd, Cllr Hamilton, Cllr Keitch, Cllr Burton
Cllr Jenner-Hurford, Cllr James, Cllr Tinson, Cllr Sellers
PLEASE NOTE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THIS
MEETING AS OBSERVERS Under the Openness of Local Government Bodies
Regulations 2014, any members of the public are now allowed to take photographs,
film and audio record the proceedings and report on all public meetings (including on
social media). No prior notification is needed but it would be helpful to let the office
know of any plans to film or record so that any necessary arrangements can be made
to provide reasonable facilities to report on meetings. This permission does not extend
to private meetings or parts of meetings which are not open to the public. All recording
and photography equipment should be taken away if a public meeting moves into a
session which is not open to the public.
If you are recording the meeting, you are asked to act in a reasonable manner and not
disrupt the conduct of meetings for example by using intrusive lighting, flash
photography or asking people to repeat statements for the benefit of the recording.
You may not make an oral commentary during the meeting. The Chairman has the
power to control public recording and/or reporting so it does not disrupt the meeting.
Members of the public exercising their right to speak during Public Question Time may
be recorded. Copies of this document are available in large print on request
Please click here to download the agenda
Ag 7 draft minutes resources 10.01.23
APP 9A Resources Finance Report
