(Members Code of Conduct - Part 4A of the Constitution)
To receive disclosures of interests from members and co-opted members on matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.
An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.
Notes:
(1) In relation to Agenda Item 7A concerning the approval of the Council’s Budget and setting the level of Council Tax and Business Rates for 2018/19 and 2019/20 Members will be asked to approve the following recommendations contained in the report of the Monitoring Officer (Document “O”) on the granting of dispensations to all Members who have certain Disclosable Pecuniary Interests as defined in the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012 and as listed in the Appendix A to the report:
That Council:
1. Grants a dispensation to the Members of the Authority who have requested one, to enable them to participate in full in the decision to approve the budgets for 2018/19 and 2019/20 and to set the Council Tax and Business Rates for 2018/19 and 2019/20 .
2. Approves the dispensation for a period of 2 years until 21 February 2019.
3. Notes the Monitoring Officer’s advice that personal interests that
rise to a perception of a conflict of interest shall not prevent Members from speaking and voting at the Budget meetings.
(2) Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them. A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
(3) Members have also disclosed interests which are not disclosable pecuniary interests but which they consider should be made in the interest of clarity (as listed in Appendix B to the report.Any other interests may be disclosed prior to, or at, the meeting.
(4) Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44.
Minutes:
The report of the Monitoring Officer (Document “O”) considered the granting of dispensations to all Members who had certain Disclosable Pecuniary Interests as defined in the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012 for approving the budget and setting the Council Tax and Business Rates. Members had also disclosed interests which were not disclosable pecuniary interests but which they considered should be made in the interests of clarity.
The lists attached as appendices A and B to the report had been updated with further notifications by Members on their declarations. It was,
Resolved –
That Council:
(1) Grants a dispensation to the Members of the Authority who have requested one, to enable them to participate in full in the decision to approve the budgets for 2018/19 and 2019/20 and to set the Council Tax and Business Rates for 2018/19 and 2019/20.
(2) Approves the dispensation for a period of 2 years until 21 February 2019.
(3) Notes the Monitoring Officer’s advice that personal interests that may give rise to a perception of a conflict of interest shall not prevent Members from speaking and voting at the Budget meetings.
Dispensations under the Localism Act 2011 for the declaration of Members’ Disclosable Pecuniary Interests were given to the following Members to enable them to speak and vote on the Budget 2018/19 and 2019/20:
Employment – Councillors Amran, Berry, Brown, Dunbar, H Hussain, T Hussain, I Khan, Lal, Morris, Ross-Shaw, Sajawal, Salam, Tait and Thornton.
Sponsorship - Councillors Davies, Dodds, Engel, Farley, Fear, Gibbons, Griffiths, Green,
T Hussain, Iqbal, Jabar, Johnson, I Khan, Love, Mullaney, Pennington, N Pollard, Poulsen, Pullen, Reid, Ross-Shaw, Sharp, M Slater, Stelling, Stubbs, J Sunderland, R Sunderland, Swallow, Tait, Thirkill and Thornton.
Contracts – Councillors Naylor, Salam, Shafiq, Sharp and D Smith.
Land – A Ahmed, R Ahmed, Ali, Amran, Azam, Bacon, Barker, Berry, Brown, Cooke,
L Cromie, Davies, Dodds, Duffy, Dunbar, Ellis, Engel, Farley, Fear, Ferriby, Gibbons, Greenwood, Griffiths, Hawkesworth, Heseltine, Hinchcliffe, Abid Hussain, Arshad Hussain, H Hussain, K Hussain, S Hussain, T Hussain, Iqbal, Jabar, Jamil, Johnson, H Khan, I Khan, Lal, Lee, Love, Mohammed, Morris, Mullaney, Naylor, Nazir, Peart, Pennington, M Pollard, N Pollard, Poulsen, Pullen, Reid, Riaz, Rickard, Ross-Shaw, Sajawal, Salam, Senior, Shabbir, Shafiq, Shaheen, Sharp, M Slater, V Slater, B M Smith, D Smith, Stelling, Stubbs, J Sunderland, R Sunderland, Swallow, Tait, Thirkill, Thornton, Townend, Warburton, Ward, Watson and Whiteley.
Licences - Bacon, B M Smith, D Smith and J Sunderland.
Corporate Tenancies – L Cromie
The following personal declarations were received:
Members with a spouse, partner or close relative in the employment of the Council
Councillors A Ahmed, Amran, Brown, Dodds, Ellis, Hawkesworth, H Hussain, T Hussain, Iqbal, I Khan, Lal, Love, Morris, Nazir, Pennington, Riaz, Ross-Shaw, Salam, Shabbir, Shafiq, M Slater, V Slater, Swallow, Tait, Townend and Ward
Members employed by or who have a spouse, partner or close relative employed by a voluntary organisation/public body funded by the Council
Councillors Brown, Hawarun Hussain, I Khan,Lal, Mullaney, Shabbir, Shaheen, and Thirkill
Members who occupied land or who had a spouse, partner, relative or were directors of companies or sat on the management committee of an organisation that occupied land under a lease or licence granted by the Council
Councillors Brown, Heseltine, H Hussain, Jamil, I Khan, Love, Mullaney, N Pollard, Reid, Ross-Shaw, B M Smith, D Smith, Stelling, J Sunderland, R Sunderland (related to J Sunderland) and Warnes
Members of other public authorities
Adoption Panel – Councillors Davies and Duffy
Airedale Drainage Board Commissioners - Councillors Ellis and Rickard
Airedale Partnership – Councillors Cooke and Ross-Shaw
Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) – Councillor Berry
Better Start Bradford – Councillor Sajawal
Bingley Voluntary Action – Councillor Pennington
Bradford and Airedale Citizens Advice Bureau – Councillors Barker and Watson
Bradford Deaf Community Association – Councillors Akhtar, Iqbal and B M Smith
Bradford District Care Trust – Councillor A Ahmed
The Bridge Project Bradford – Councillor Berry
Christopher Tophams Apprenticing Foundation – Councillor Whiteley
City Regions Board – Councillor Hinchcliffe
Clayton Community Association – Councillor Thirkill
Drake and Tonson Foundation – Councillor Bacon
Fostering Panel – Councillors A Ahmed, Akhtar and Townend
Greenmoor Community Board (City and Great Horton Wards) – Councillor Azam, Dodds and Jabar
Harehills Education Trust – Councillors Bacon, Brown and M Slater
Haworth Exhibition Trust – Councillors Farley and Poulsen
Ilkley Youth and Community Association and Children’s Centre – Councillors Gibbons and B M Smith
Joseph Nutter’s Foundation – Councillors Lee, Thirkill and Gibbons (Member of Management Board)
Key Cities – Councillors Hinchcliffe and I Khan
Leeds Bradford International Airport – Consultative Committee – Councillor Ross-Shaw (alternate: Councillor Lal)
Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership – Councillor Hinchcliffe
Leeds City Region Employment and Skills Board – Councillor Hinchcliffe
Leeds City Region Land and Assets Board – Councillor Hinchcliffe
Manningham Housing Association – Councillor Bacon
Nell Bank Outdoor Education Centre – Councillors Ferriby, H Hussain, Poulsen and B M Smith
NHS Foundation Trust – Councillors A Ahmed and Gibbons
North Regional Association for Sensory Support (NRASS) – Councillors Gibbons and Wainwright
Play Partnership – Councillor Swallow
Rural Action Yorkshire – Councillor Hawkesworth
Salt Foundation – Councillor Love
Sir Titus Salt Trust – Councillors Amran, Cooke, Heseltine, Hinchcliffe, H Hussain, Love and Thirkill
Southern Pennine Rural Regeneration (Pennine Prospects) – Councillor Hawkesworth (Alternate: Councillor Ellis)
Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) – Councillors Davies, Mohammed, Reid and Swallow
University of Bradford – Court – Councillors Berry, Duffy, Khadim Hussain, D Smith, J Sunderland and Whiteley
University of Leeds – Court – Councillor Jamil
West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Councillors Hinchcliffe (Chair), I Khan (alternate) and Cooke (alternate)
West Yorkshire Combined Authority –Leeds City Region Land and Assets Board – Councillor Hinchcliffe
West Yorkshire Combined Authority –Leeds City Region Planning Portfolio– Councillor Ross-Shaw
West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Investment Committee – Councillor Ross-Shaw
West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Overview and Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Ellis, Shaheen and Watson
West Yorkshire Combined Authority Transport Committee – Councillors H Khan, Mohammed, Poulsen and Salam
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority – Councillors R Ahmed, Dodds, Peart, M Pollard and Tait
West Yorkshire Joint Services Committee – Councillors Duffy, Hinchcliffe, Riaz and V Slater (Alternates: Councillors I Khan, Salam and Ellis)
West Yorkshire Pension Fund Investment Advisory Panel – Councillor Thornton
West Yorkshire Pension Fund Joint Advisory Group – Councillors Lal and Thornton
West Yorkshire Pension Fund – Pensions Board – Councillor M Slater
West Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel – Councillors T Hussain and Pullen
Woodroyd Nursery – Councillor Sajawal
Wrose Carnival Management Committee – Councillor Hinchcliffe
Yorkshire and Humber (Local Authorities) Employers Association – Councillor Duffy
Yorkshire Libraries and Information – Councillor Ferriby
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation Holding Company – Councillor Warburton
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation Procurement Holdings - Councillors Warburton and Whiteley (Alternates: Councillors Ellis and Lal)
Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee – Councillor Ellis (alternate Councillor Farley)
Parish Councillors
Councillors Gibbons, Naylor, Rickard, D Smith, Thirkill and Whiteley
Members who sat on the management committee/ trustee of a Council voluntary organisation in receipt of Council Funding
Councillors R Ahmed, Berry, Davies,Dodds, Ferriby, Hawkesworth, Heseltine, Hinchcliffe, H Hussain, K Hussain, T Hussain, Jabar, Jamil, I Khan,Poulsen, Riaz, Sajawal, D Smith, B M Smith, J Sunderland, Tait, Thirkill, Townend and Warnes
Members who were members of a Council funded organisation
Councillors R Ahmed, Brown, Fear, Gibbons, Hawkesworth, I Khan, Reid, Rickard, Ross-Shaw, V Slater, D Smith, J Sunderland and Thirkill
Members appointed by the Council to a public body with an interest in the Council’s budget
Bradford College – Councillors Berry and Dunbar
Cathedral Council – Councillor Dodds
Community and Arts Umbrella – Councillor Warnes
Incommunities Ltd (HA Board) – Councillors Cooke and Duffy
Keighley Business Improvement District Board – Councillor Ross-Shaw
Members who were appointed to external bodies
Baildon in Bloom – Councillor M Pollard
Bradford City Challenge Limited – Councillor Johnson
Bradford City Challenge Foundation Limited – Councillor Imran Khan
Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Trust – Councillor T Hussain
Bradford Trident – Councillors Lal, Salam and Sajawal
Bradford Twin Towns Association – Councillors Lee and D Smith
Canal Road Urban Village – Councillor Ross-Shaw
City of Film – Councillor Ferriby
Friends of Bracken Hill Park – Councillor Jabar
Friends of Harold Park – Councillor Tait
Great Horton Partnership – Councillors Dodds and Jabar
Hainworth Wood Community Centre – Councillors Lee and M Slater
Keighley Association Women and Children’s Centre – Councillor Lee
Long Lee Village Hall – Councillors Lee and M Slater
Patrol Adjudication and BLASJC – Councillor Thirkill
Ummid/Himmat Management Board – Councillor Jabar
Other interests
UNISON Calderdale – Councillors T Hussain and Jabar
Members who were school governors
Councillors Ali, Brown, Davies, Dodds, Duffy, Farley, Ferriby, Jamil, Lee, Peart, M Pollard, Sajawal, Shafiq, V Slater, D Smith, Swallow, Tait, Thirkill, Warburton and Watson. Councillor Rickard on the Moorlands Learning Trust. Councillor Riaz as an Academy Governor for the Northern Education Trust.
Members entitled to receive an allowance paid by the Council
All Members of the Council in attendance.
West Yorkshire Pension Fund
All Members in receipt of a West Yorkshire Pension Fund pension.
ACTION: Monitoring Officer
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