Agenda and draft minutes

To elect a Chair for the duration of the meeting.

Nominations were invited and the vote taken.

Resolved –

That Councillor Carl Les OBE be appointed.

There were none.

Exclusion of the public from the meeting during consideration of agenda items 4 and 7 on the grounds that it involves the disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

It was unanimously agreed to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of items 4 and 7 on the grounds that it involves the disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

To consider the public minutes of the meeting held on 22 July 2025 and the public and private minutes of the meeting held on 12 August 2025.

That the public minutes of the meeting held on 22 July 2025 and 12 August 2025 and the private minutes of the meeting held on 12 August 2025 having been printed and

circulated, were taken as read, confirmed and signed by the Chair as a correct record.

All Members are invited to declare at this point any interests that they have regarding items appearing on the agenda, including the nature of those declarations.

There were none.

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they

have given notice and provided the text to Democratic Services daniel.harry@northyorks.gov.uk no later than midday on Monday 13 October 2025, three working days before the meeting takes place. Each speaker should limit themselves to three minutes on any item.

There were none.

The minute of this section of the meeting is private, as the public were excluded.

There was none.