Authority - 21 June 2023

Time: 10:00 am

Location: Boardroom, Murley Moss, Kendal, LA9 7RL.

This meeting will be livestreamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEgEcMzhMK8-toZB4-id3lw/live

Agenda

Business Part One

  1. Appointment of Chairman
  2. Appointment of Deputy Chairman
  3. Apologies - To receive and record apologies from members of the Authority who cannot attend.
  4. Minutes - To confirm the Minutes of the meeting held on 26 April 2023.
  5. Chair's Announcements
    The Chair to announce to all attendees -
    • the fire safety instructions; and
    • the meeting is being livestreamed and a digital sound recording of the meeting is made.
  6. Declarations of Interest - Members should declare any registrable interests or disclosable pecuniary interests and state the nature of those interests so it can be recorded in the minutes.  These interests are described in the Code of Conduct adopted by the Authority on 20 October 2021.
  7. Questions - To answer any questions raised under Standing Order 16(2) relating to the business of the Authority.
  8. Public Participation - There are no public questions, petitions or deputations relating to the business of the Authority for this meeting.
  9. Appointment of Members - a) Local Authority Appointees
  10. To report the appointment of Mr Matt Brereton, Mr Will Clark, Ms Jackie Drake, Ms Vicky Hughes and Mr Doug Rathbone as Westmorland and Furness Council representatives.  To note that Mr Endsor has since rescinded his appointment and his replacement is to be confirmed by the Council.  To report the appointment of Mr Markus Campbell-Savours, Mrs Linda Jones-Bulman, Mr Graham Minshaw and Mr Andy Pratt as Cumberland Council representatives.

    b)        Secretary of State Appointees

    To report the re-appointment of Mr Richard Outhwaite as a Parish Council representative until May 2027, subject to confirmation by the Secretary of State.  To provide an update with regards the appointment of the three Parish Council representatives to the vacant positions.

  11. Chief Executive's Update
  12. Minutes of Committees
    To consider the minutes of the following committee and the recommendations which they contain:
    1. Park Strategy and Vision Committee: Mr Carter will present the minutes of the meeting held 22 March 2023; and
    2. Development Control Committee: Dr Davies will present the minutes of the meeting held on 4 May 2023.
  13. Member Representation on Outside Bodies and Partnerships
    To receive verbal updates from Members on meetings attended as the Authority’s representative.
  14. Financial Outturn Report 2022/23
  15. Appointment of Members to Serve on Committees
  16. Appointments to Outside Bodies and Partnerships and to the Authority’s Commercial Strategy Board

The Committee will consider the following RESOLUTION:

Under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items.  This is because exempt information, as defined in Schedule 12A of the Act, may be disclosed during discussions.

Business Part Two

Part Two

16. Glenridding Common Update

Papers

Access to Information - Local Government Act 1972 (As amended)

Agenda and Reports

Anyone can have a copy of the agenda and non-confidential reports before the meeting. Reports can be e-mailed as PDFs on request.

Background Papers

Physical copies of background papers will not be available for viewing at Murley Moss due to the current movement restrictions put in place by the Government following the Covid-19 outbreak. Papers can be e-mailed as PDFs on request. We cannot make background papers available for confidential papers.