Agenda and draft minutes

Alexandra Palace and Park Board
Thursday, 25th January, 2024 6.00 pm

Venue: Londesborough Room, Alexandra Park and Palace Way, London, Greater London, N22 7AY

Contact: Boshra Begum, Senior Democratic Services Officer 

Items
No. Item

33.

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:

The Chair drew attention to the information included on the agenda front sheet and noted that the meeting was being recorded and webcast live.

34.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Minutes:

There were apologies for absence received from Anne Stennett.

35.

URGENT BUSINESS

It being a special meeting, under Part 4, Section B, Paragraph 17, of the

Council’s Constitution, no other business shall be considered at the meeting.

Any required tabled items would only relate to those items shown on the

agenda.

Minutes:

The Chair informed members of the board that, as it was a special meeting, under Part 4, Section B, Paragraph 17, of the Council’s Constitution, no other business would be considered at the meeting. Therefore, any required tabled items would only relate to those items shown on the agenda.

 

36.

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:

There were no declarations of interest.

37.

EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS

Item 6 is 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 1 – information relating to any individual, Para 2 – Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual,  Para 3 - information relating to the business or financial affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information), and Para 5 – Information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.

 

38.

EXEMPT - CEO SUCCESSION ARRANGEMENTS

To note the outlined CEO succession arrangements.

 

Minutes:

The report was noted and the recommendations were agreed.