Gosport Borough Council Policy and Organisation Board Meeting

Name: Policy and Organisation Board
Start: 2025-01-02T18:00:00Z
End: 2025-01-02T22:00:00Z
Location: Council Chamber

Jan. 2, 2025, 6 p.m.

This is a meeting of the Policy and Organisation Board of Gosport Borough Council held on the 2nd Jan 2025.

The last meeting was on 12th Mar 2025. The next meeting is scheduled for 2nd Jul 2025.

Meeting Status

Confirmed

Yes

Yes

Meeting Location

Council Chamber

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Agenda

Item	Title	Minutes
1	Apologies for non-attendance	An apology for non attendance was received from Councillor Hutchison.
2	Declarations of interest	There were none.
3	Deputations - Standing Order 3.4	There were none.
4	Public Questions - Standing order 3.5	There were none.
5	Grant of direct award for landscaping contract as the initial phase of the redevelopment of former Gosport Bus Station/The People's Park	PO Board Report - Grant of direct award for landscaping works at Peoples Park FINAL Appendix 1 - Proposed Ground Floor Appendix 1- Proposed 1st Floor Appendix 2 - Budget Summary
6	Any other items	The Board were advised that the upcoming meeting of the Board would be rescheduled from 22^nd January 2025 to the 21^st January 2025. The Board was also advised that there was a desire to consider the ongoing discussions around the Local Government Reform and Devolution on a cross party basis, once more information had been received.

Other items:

Item	Title	Minutes
0	Exclusion of the Press and Public.	RESOLVED: That the press and public be excluded from the meeting as this report contains exempt information within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 and by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) Order 2006 Paragraph 3 – Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information because, disclosure to the public would prejudice the financial position of the authority in the future tender process for the development by allowing other contractors to know the fees awarded by, or budgeted for by, the Council. This in turn prejudices the Council by (i) distorting the bids process and (ii) prejudicing the opportunity for the Council to achieve best value for the prudent management of its financial affairs.