For what Owl thinks is the first time ever, Owl sees that this appears on the first pages of the Cabinet agenda for the meeting to be held at 5.30 pm on 2 December 2015:
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Key Decisions are defined by law as “an executive decision which is likely :–
(a) to result in the Council incurring expenditure which is, or the making of savings which are, significant having regard to the Council’s budget for the service or function to which the decision relates; or
(b) to be significant in terms of its effects on communities living or working in an area comprising two or more wards in the Council’s area
In accordance with section 9Q of the Local Government Act 2000, in determining the meaning of “significant” in (a) and (b) above regard shall be had to any guidance for the time being issued by the Secretary of State.
A public notice period of 28 clear days is required when a Key Decision is to be taken by the Council’s Cabinet even if the meeting is wholly or partly to be in private. Key Decisions and the relevant Cabinet meeting are shown in bold.
The Cabinet may only take Key Decisions in accordance with the requirements of the Executive Procedure Rules set out in Part 4 of the Constitution and the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements)(Meetings and Access to information)(England) Regulations 2012. A minute of each key decision is published within 2 days of it having been made. This is available for public inspection on the Council’s website http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk, and at the Council Offices, Knowle, Sidmouth, Devon. The law and the Council’s constitution provide for urgent key decisions to be made without 28 clear days notice of the proposed decisions having been published. A decision notice will be published for these in exactly the same way.
This document includes notice of any matter the Council considers to be Key Decisions which, at this stage, should be considered in the private part of the meeting and the reason why. Any written representations that a particular decision should be moved to the public part of the meeting should be sent to the Democratic Services Team (address as above) as soon as possible. Members of the public have the opportunity to speak on the relevant decision at meetings (in accordance with public speaking rules) unless shown in italics.
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