Issue - meetings

To move that 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 any consideration of the confidential appendicesto the following Item

Confidential appendices 2, 3 and 4 contain information deemed to be exempt from general publication based on Category 3 of paragraph 10.4 of the Council’s Access to Information Procedure Rules. In applying the public interest test the appendices include details of a proposed transaction which, if disclosed prior to entering into a legal contract, could put the Council or other parties at a commercial disadvantage. 

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 any consideration of the confidential appendices to the following Item Appendices 2, 3, and 4 of the Cabinet report are not for publication by virtue of category 3 (financial and business affairs) of paragraph 10.4 of the access to information procedure rules as contained in the Constitution. It is not in the public interest to disclose this information because it compromises financial and business information that if made public would prejudice the Council’s ability to operate in a commercial environment and obtain best value during a ‘live’ procurement process prior to final tenders being received and contracts being entered into.