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RESOLVED That the public be excluded from the meeting for the item of business in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as Appendices 1 and 2 to the report involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 14 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Act; and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The webcast of the meeting was then paused. Cabinet Members and Officers then discussed the exempt Appendices. The Chief Executive responded to questions relating to salary levels, staffing and capacity issues. The webcast was then resumed. Councillor Paul Miller Moved the Recommendation as set out in the report; Seconded by Councillor Jon Harvey. The vote, undertaken by way of a roll call, was carried. The votes were recorded as follows: For the Motion: Councillors Alec Cormack, Jon Harvey, Tessa Hodgson, Neil Prior, Rhys Sinnett, Guy Woodham and Paul Miller [7] There were no votes against or abstentions. RESOLVED (a) That the current progress in respect of the approval of the Outline Business Case be noted. (b) That the establishment of a Company Limited by Guarantee to be known as Celtic Freeport Company Limited be approved and that the Council be authorised to take a membership interest in Celtic Freeport Company Limited, and that authority be delegated to the Chief Executive and Head of Law and Governance to sign the appropriate agreements to document this interest. (c) That the Articles of Association and Draft Members Agreement enclosed at Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 of the report be approved, and that authority be delegated to the Chief Executive and Head of Law and Governance, in consultation with the Leader, to sign the Members Agreement on the part of Pembrokeshire County Council. (d) That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader and Deputy Leader, to agree any minor variations to the Members’ Agreement and Articles of Association that might be necessary prior to signature, on the basis that such delegation shall not extend to any alternative financial commitments on the part of Pembrokeshire County Council. (e) That the Assistant Chief Executive be nominated as the Pembrokeshire County Council representative to the Celtic Freeport Company Limited Board of Directors, and be authorised to act as a Director of Celtic Freeport Company Limited. (f) That the Assistant Chief Executive be provided with an indemnity in respect of his role as a director of the Company for the duration of his tenure as director.
Councillor Tessa Hodgson declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Agenda Item 3 – Establishment of Celtic Freeport Company Limited, by virtue of her husband being employed by the Milford Haven Port Authority. She advised that she had a dispensation from the Standards Committee to speak and vote on the matter.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED That the public be excluded from the meeting for the item of business in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as Appendices 1 and 2 to the report involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 14 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Act; and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The webcast of the meeting was then paused. Cabinet Members and Officers then discussed the exempt Appendices. The Chief Executive responded to questions relating to salary levels, staffing and capacity issues. The webcast was then resumed. Councillor Paul Miller Moved the Recommendation as set out in the report; Seconded by Councillor Jon Harvey. The vote, undertaken by way of a roll call, was carried. The votes were recorded as follows: For the Motion: Councillors Alec Cormack, Jon Harvey, Tessa Hodgson, Neil Prior, Rhys Sinnett, Guy Woodham and Paul Miller [7] There were no votes against or abstentions. RESOLVED (a) That the current progress in respect of the approval of the Outline Business Case be noted. (b) That the establishment of a Company Limited by Guarantee to be known as Celtic Freeport Company Limited be approved and that the Council be authorised to take a membership interest in Celtic Freeport Company Limited, and that authority be delegated to the Chief Executive and Head of Law and Governance to sign the appropriate agreements to document this interest. (c) That the Articles of Association and Draft Members Agreement enclosed at Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 of the report be approved, and that authority be delegated to the Chief Executive and Head of Law and Governance, in consultation with the Leader, to sign the Members Agreement on the part of Pembrokeshire County Council. (d) That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader and Deputy Leader, to agree any minor variations to the Members’ Agreement and Articles of Association that might be necessary prior to signature, on the basis that such delegation shall not extend to any alternative financial commitments on the part of Pembrokeshire County Council. (e) That the Assistant Chief Executive be nominated as the Pembrokeshire County Council representative to the Celtic Freeport Company Limited Board of Directors, and be authorised to act as a Director of Celtic Freeport Company Limited. (f) That the Assistant Chief Executive be provided with an indemnity in respect of his role as a director of the Company for the duration of his tenure as director.
Cabinet considered a report by the Assistant Chief Executive which sought approval to constitute the Celtic Freeport Company Limited as an operational company; to approve the governance documentation (Articles of Association and Members’ Agreement) to establish the Company; to obtain a membership; and to appoint a director to sit on the board of the Company. The Assistant Chief Executive presented the detailed report which set out the governance arrangements that would be put in place to oversee the implementation of the Freeport and sought formal authority for the Company to be constituted to deliver on the Freeport objectives. He pointed out that the report was the same as one recently considered by the Cabinet of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and that it had been necessary to call the Extraordinary Meeting to be on the same timeline as the other partners. Cabinet was advised that the Assistant Chief Executive was proposed to be appointed as the Council’s nominated Director to the non-remunerated post. This mirrored the arrangement in Neath Port Talbot. Cabinet was further advised that if it wished to consider the confidential Appendices relating to the Articles of Association and Members’ Agreement it would need to consider excluding the public. The Assistant Chief Executive referred to the seed capital funding arrangements and advised that a further report would be presented in due course on the establishment of the Public Finance Committee. Councillor Paul Miller pointed out that the establishment of the Freeport Company was the essence of the discussion and that, although it was important, it had a limited role in terms of managing the partnership arrangements and lobbying; and he considered it was the appropriate entity for collaborative working. He stated that it was not envisaged the Company would own land nor be involved in the distribution of public funds, as that would be the role of the Public Finance Committee which would have elected Member representation. Cabinet then considered excluding the public from the meeting in accordance with Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, to consider Appendices 1 and 2 to the report. On the basis that the report was a legal necessity to moving the project forward, Councillor Alec Cormack expressed his support for moving forward as efficiently and effectively as possible and supported excluding the public at this juncture to consider the exempt information. Councillor Tessa Hodgson sought clarification on why the two Appendices were exempt. In response, the Head of Law and Governance advised that the documents were in draft; that the Articles of Association once finalised would be put into the public domain, however, the private Members’ Agreement would not be publicly available. Councillor Paul Miller Moved the exclusion of the public; Seconded by Councillor Alec Cormack. The vote, undertaken by way of a roll call, was carried. The votes were recorded as follows: For the Motion: Councillors Alec Cormack, Jon Harvey, Tessa Hodgson, Neil Prior, Rhys Sinnett, Guy Woodham and Paul Miller [7] There were no votes against or abstentions. RESOLVED That the public be excluded from the meeting for the item of business in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as Appendices 1 and 2 to the report involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 14 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Act; and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The webcast of the meeting was then paused. Cabinet Members and Officers then discussed the exempt Appendices. The Chief Executive responded to questions relating to salary levels, staffing and capacity issues. The webcast was then resumed. Councillor Paul Miller Moved the Recommendation as set out in the report; Seconded by Councillor Jon Harvey. The vote, undertaken by way of a roll call, was carried. The votes were recorded as follows: For the Motion: Councillors Alec Cormack, Jon Harvey, Tessa Hodgson, Neil Prior, Rhys Sinnett, Guy Woodham and Paul Miller [7] There were no votes against or abstentions. RESOLVED (a) That the current progress in respect of the approval of the Outline Business Case be noted. (b) That the establishment of a Company Limited by Guarantee to be known as Celtic Freeport Company Limited be approved and that the Council be authorised to take a membership interest in Celtic Freeport Company Limited, and that authority be delegated to the Chief Executive and Head of Law and Governance to sign the appropriate agreements to document this interest. (c) That the Articles of Association and Draft Members Agreement enclosed at Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 of the report be approved, and that authority be delegated to the Chief Executive and Head of Law and Governance, in consultation with the Leader, to sign the Members Agreement on the part of Pembrokeshire County Council. (d) That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader and Deputy Leader, to agree any minor variations to the Members’ Agreement and Articles of Association that might be necessary prior to signature, on the basis that such delegation shall not extend to any alternative financial commitments on the part of Pembrokeshire County Council. (e) That the Assistant Chief Executive be nominated as the Pembrokeshire County Council representative to the Celtic Freeport Company Limited Board of Directors, and be authorised to act as a Director of Celtic Freeport Company Limited. (f) That the Assistant Chief Executive be provided with an indemnity in respect of his role as a director of the Company for the duration of his tenure as director.
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