Agenda and decisions

Leader Decisions - Tuesday, 9 June 2015 4.00 pm

Venue: Committee Room C, County Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2DN

Contact: Anne Gowing  020 8541 9938 Email: anne.gowing@surreycc.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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    To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests from Members in respect of any item to be considered at the meeting.

     

    Notes:

    ·        In line with the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012, declarations may relate to the interest of the member, or the member’s spouse or civil partner, or a person with whom the member is living as husband or wife, or a person with whom the member is living as if they were civil partners and the member is aware they have the interest.

    ·        Members need only disclose interests not currently listed on the Register of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests.

    ·        Members must notify the Monitoring Officer of any interests disclosed at the meeting so they may be added to the Register.

    ·        Members are reminded that they must not participate in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest.

2.

PROCEDURAL MATTERS

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2a

Members' Questions

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    The deadline for Member’s questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting3 June 2015.

     

2b

Public Questions

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    The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting 2 June 2015.

     

2c

Petitions

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    The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting, and no petitions have been received.

     

3.

Lingfield Guest House Trust pdf icon PDF 182 KB

    To agree the transfer of control of the Guest House Lingfield, a charity registered with the Charity Commission (number 207424) to a Company Limited by Guarantee which has the maintenance conservation and enhancement of the Guest House at the heart of its activities, and to provide for the Council’s intention to continue to use the Guest House building to accommodate a library open to the general public, becoming a community partnered library from June 2016.

    Additional documents:

    Decision:

    1.   That Surrey County Council’s (SCC) trusteeship of the Guest House Lingfield be transferred to “Lingfield Guest House Trust Limited”, a Company Limited by Guarantee to be incorporated with the sole purpose of acting as corporate trustee to the Guest House Trust.

     

    2.   That authority be delegated to the Assistant Chief Executive to sign on behalf of SCC authorising the above transfer.

     

    3.   That all assets, in relation to the Guest House Lingfield, including the Trust fund of £549,474 (subject to variation as described in paragraph 10 of the submitted report) that SCC holds, be transferred to the new Trust and that the agreed directors are appointed all subject to the grant of the lease.

    4.   That the library will transfer to a Community Partnered Library arrangement from June 2016 onward.