Issue - meetings

If a member requires advice on Declarations of Interest, he/she is advised to contact the Borough Solicitor in advance of the meeting.  (For the assistance of members a checklist for use in considering their position on any particular item is included at the end of this agenda sheet.)

1.         Councillors D Evans and Yates declared non-pecuniary interests in agenda item 8(b) (Funding of Voluntary & Other Organisations Working Group) due to their appointments by the Council to Burscough Community Association, and Citizens Advice Lancashire respectively.

2.         Councillors Forshaw and Wilkie (tenants of Council accommodation) declared disclosable pecuniary/pecuniary interests in agenda item 8(c) (Review of Flexible Tenancies) but considered they were entitled to speak and vote by virtue of an exemption as nothing in the report relates particularly to their relevant tenancy or lease.

3.         Councillor Gagen declared a non-pecuniary interest in agenda item 10(a) (Disposal of sites owned jointly with Lancashire County Council) in view of her employment by Lancashire County Council.