Agenda and minutes

Alexandra Palace and Park Board
Monday, 19th December, 2016 7.30 pm

Venue: The Canteen, Ground Floor, South East Building, Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, N22 7AY

Contact: Felicity Foley, Principal Committee Co-ordinator 

Items
No. Item

51.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note that this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on.  By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

Minutes:

Noted.

52.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Gordon Hutchinson, and Councillors Christophides, Gallagher and J Mann.

 

Councillor Stennett chaired the meeting in the absence of the Chair and Vice-Chair.

53.

URGENT BUSINESS

It being a special meeting under Part 4, Section B, Paragraph 17 of the Council’s Constitution no other business shall be discussed.

Minutes:

It being a special meeting under Part 4, Section B, Paragraph 17 of the Council’s Constitution no other business was discussed.

54.

DECLARATIONS OF INTERESTS

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

Minutes:

None.

55.

QUESTIONS, DEPUTATIONS OR PETITIONS

To consider any questions, deputations or petitions received In accordance with Part 4, Section B29 of the Council's Constitution.

Minutes:

None.

56.

MEMBERSHIPS

i.          To appoint a member of the Alexandra Palace and Park Board to the vacancy on FRAC and APTL.

 

ii.         To appoint a substitute member to the APPCT East Wing Project Programme Board.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that

 

i.          Councillor Jennifer Mann be appointed to the vacancy on FRAC and APTL; and

i.          Councillor Jennifer Mann be appointed as the substitute member to the APPCT East Wing Project Programme Board.

 

57.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 204 KB

i.          To approve the unrestricted minutes of the Alexandra Palace and Park Board held on 19 July 2016 and 29 September 2016, as a correct record of the meeting.

 

ii.         To receive the minutes of the Joint Statutory Alexandra Palace and Park Advisory Committee and Consultative Committee held on 30 June 2016 and 29 September 2016, and to consider any recommendations from that Committee.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED that

 

i.          The minutes of the Alexandra Palace and Park Board meetings held on 19 July 2016 and 29 September 2016 be approved as a correct record of the meeting; and

ii.         The minutes of the Joint Statutory Alexandra Palace and Park Advisory Committee and Consultative Committee held on 30 June 2016 and 29 September 2016 be noted.

58.

FRIENDS OF THE THEATRE CONSTITUTION pdf icon PDF 147 KB

This report seeks the Board approval of amendments to the constitution of the Friends of Alexandra Palace Theatre.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the amendments to the Friends of Alexandra Palace Theatre constitution document be approved.

59.

FUTURE MEETINGS

14 February 2017

25 April 2017

Minutes:

NOTED the dates of future meetings.

 

Members requested that the date of the next meeting (14 February) be moved.

60.

EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS

Items 11 & 12 are likely to be subject of a motion to exclude the press and public from the meeting as they contain exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972; Para 3 - information relating to the business or financial affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the press and public be excluded for the remainder of the meeting as items 11 & 12 contain exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972; Para 3 – information relating to the business or financial affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

 

 

61.

MINUTES

To confirm the exempt minutes of the Alexandra Palace and Park Board held on 19 July 2016 and 29 September 2016 as an accurate record of the proceedings.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the exempt minutes of the Alexandra Palace and Park Board held on 19 July 2016 and 29 September 2016 be approved as a correct record of the proceedings.

 

62.

FINANCE, RESOURCES AND AUDIT COMMITTEE - 22 NOVEMBER 2016

i.          To note the minutes of the meeting held on 22 November 2016

ii.         To approve the recommendations in the following reports:

a)    Exempt Procurement of Auditors

b)    Exempt Development Working Group proposals and attached Terms of Reference

c)    Exempt Health and Safety Policy

Minutes:

i.        RESOLVED to note the minutes of the FRAC meeting held on 22 November 2016.

 

ii.       Procurement of Auditors

 

RESOLVED that the decision to award of contract for audit services to the successful bidder of tender competition be approved.

 

iii.      Development Working Group

 

RESOLVED that

A.      the proposal to establish an Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust (APPCT) Development Working Group be approved;

B.      the terms of reference of the working group, known as the Development Board, be agreed.

 

iv.     Health and Safety Policy

 

RESOLVED that

 

A.   the implementation of the proposed Health and Policy Statement be endorsed and supported;

B.   the Chair of the Trustee Board be authorised to sign this document on behalf of Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust.

C.   the Chief Executive Officer be authorised to sign this document on behalf of Alexandra Palace Trading Ltd;

D.   the proposed schedule for the review and implementation of the Health and Safety Policy be agreed and presented at the next FRAC meeting.