Agenda and decisions
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
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. |
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PROCEDURAL MATTERS
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Members' Questions
The deadline for Members’ questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting (14 June 2016).
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Public Questions
The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (13 June 2016).
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Petitions
The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting, and no petitions have been received.
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Spelthorne Gymnastics
Spelthorne Gymnastics is a sports club based at the Brooklands Collage site in Ashford and have been successful over many years producing World, European and British Champions in Acrobatic Gymnastics at Senior and Junior level as well as numerous International and National Champions in other disciplines. Due to development at the current site, the club are required to relocate to a new site at Bishop David Wand School in Sunbury. The cost of the new facility is estimated to be £2.7m and the club has raised or have promises for all but £300,000 from a wide range of private, voluntary sector and public sector organisations. Through the London Diocesan Board for Schools the club have approached the County Council for a grant of £100,000. Decision: The Leader of the Council approved a grant to the London Diocesan Board for Schools of £100,000, subject to final legal terms, for the development of a purpose built gymnastics centre at Bishop Wand School to serve the needs of the community, the school and Spelthorne Gymnastics.
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Portrait Acquisition On Behalf Of Watts Gallery
Watts Gallery is an important contributor to culture in Surrey and is the chief repository of the works of Victorian artists George Frederic and Mary Watts. An opportunity has arisen for Watts Gallery to acquire a portrait of Violet Lindsay, later Marchioness of Granby and Duchess of Rutland, painted by G.F. Watts circa 1879.
Watts Gallery has approached the Council with a proposal that it purchase the portrait on the Gallery’s behalf, this would reduce the cost of acquisition by allowing the vendor to take advantage of taxation rules designed to facilitate public access to important works of art. Watts Gallery would then purchase the portrait from the Council and the Council’s acquisition of the portrait would be conditional upon onward sale to Watts Gallery. In the short period between acquisition and onward sale, the Council would loan the portrait to Watts Gallery.
Decision: The Leader of the Council agreed that, subject to authorisation from HMRC being received and the required insurance cover being in place, Surrey County Council enter into an agreement to purchase the portrait of Violet Lindsay from its current owners for the sum of £89,200 and that the Council enters into an agreement to sell the portrait of Violet Lindsay to Watts Gallery for the same price of £89,200. It was further agreed that Surrey County Council enter into an agreement to loan the portrait to Watts Gallery for the short period between acquiring the portrait and selling it on.
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