Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member for Communities, Culture and Leisure providing the Committee with an update on the transformation of the Southampton Library Service, attached.

The Committee considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities, Culture and Leisure providing an update on the transformation of the Southampton Library Service.

Denise Wyatt and Councillor Pope were present and with the consent of the Chair addressed the meeting.

The Committee determined to move into private and confidential session in order to hear and receive confidential information regarding the Stage 2 library submissions.  In accordance with the Council’s Constitution, specifically the Access to Information Procedure Rules contained within the Constitution, the press and public be excluded from the meeting in respect of this item.  This was based on category 3 (financial and business affairs) of paragraph 10.4 of the Council’s Access to Information Procedure Rules.  It was not in the public interest to disclose this because the information related to the submissions for the running of five libraries and was commercially sensitive.

RESOLVED that a confidential briefing note be circulated to the Committee providing an update on the progress towards the implementation of community libraries.