Agenda

Minutes of the meetings of Ashington and Blyth Local Area Committee held on Wednesday 12th February 2025 as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required?where a matter arises at a meeting;?? 

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1. Which?directly relates to?Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (‘DPI’) as set out in Appendix B, Table 1 of the Code of Conduct, to disclose the interest, not participate in any discussion or vote and not to remain in room. Where members have a DPI or if the matter concerns an executive function and is being considered by a Cabinet Member with a DPI they must notify the Monitoring Officer and arrange for somebody else to deal with the matter.? 

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2. Which?directly relates to?the financial interest or well-being of a Other Registrable Interest as set out in Appendix B, Table 2 of the Code of Conduct to disclose the interest and only speak on the matter if members of the public are also allowed to speak at the meeting but otherwise must not take part in any discussion? or vote on the matter and must not remain the room.? 

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3. Which?directly relates to?their financial interest or well-being?(and is not? DPI) or the financial well-being of a relative or close associate, to declare the interest and members may only speak on the matter if members of the public are also allowed to speak. Otherwise, the member must not take part in discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room.? 

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4. Which?affects?the financial well-being of the member, a relative or close associate or a body included under the Other Registrable Interests column in Table 2, to disclose the interest and apply the test set out at paragraph 9 of Appendix B before deciding whether they may remain in the meeting.? 

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e.    Where Members have or a Cabinet Member has an Other Registerable Interest or Non Registerable Interest in a matter being considered in exercise of their executive function, they must notify the Monitoring Officer and arrange for somebody else to deal with it.?? 

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NB Any member needing clarification must contact?monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk. ?Members are referred to the Code of Conduct which contains the matters above in full.?Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.? 

Grant Urquhart, Community Safety Officer, will be in attendance to give an outline of the Safe and Resilient Communities team's structure and purpose.

Recipients of Community Chest Grants will give a short presentation to the committee explaining how the grant has helped their organisation or charity:

·       10th Blyth Scout Group

·       Blyth Riverside Resource Centre Amenity Fund

·       CVA Blyth Valley

·       Forget Me Not Residents Association

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.