Agenda and minutes

Special Meeting, Epsom and Walton Downs Conservators - Tuesday, 30th May, 2023 6.00 pm

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30.

Membership, Appointment of Chair and Appointment of Vice Chair of the Conservators pdf icon PDF 283 KB

This report confirms the membership of the Epsom and Walton Downs Conservators and requests the appointment of a Chair and Vice Chair.

Minutes:

It was resolved that the Conservators appointed Councillor Steven McCormick as Chair to hold office until the first meeting of the Conservators held after the Annual meeting of the Borough Council in May 2024.

It was resolved that the Conservators appointed Simon Durrant as Vice-Chair to hold office until the first meeting of the Conservators held after the Annual meeting of the Council held in May 2024.

Following consideration, the Conservators unanimously resolved to:

(1)          Note that the following appointments to the Membership of the Conservators by the constituent bodies:

Epsom and Ewell Borough Council (the Council): Councillors Christine Cleveland, Liz Frost, Bernice Froud, Steven McCormick, Kim Spickett and Clive Woodbridge; Jockey Club Racecourses (the Company): Andrew Cooper, Simon Durrant and Stephen Wallis; Horserace Betting Levy Board (the Levy Board): Simon Dow.

 

31.

Exclusion of Press and Public pdf icon PDF 6 KB

Under Section 1 Paragraph (2) of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, the Conservators may pass a resolution to exclude the public from the Meeting for Part Two of the Agenda on the grounds that publicity of the business would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted or for other special reasons stated in the resolution and arising from the nature of that business or of the proceedings. This Section of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 applies to meetings of the Conservators by virtue of section 8(7) of the Epsom and Walton Downs Regulation Act 1984.

 

Minutes:

The Conservators unanimously resolved under Section 1 Paragraph (2) of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 to exclude the public from the Meeting for Part Two of the Agenda on the grounds that publicity of the business would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted. This Section of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 applies to meetings of the Conservators by virtue of section 8(7) of the Epsom and Walton Downs Regulation Act 1984.

 

32.

Arrangements on Epsom Downs in respect of the Derby Festival

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Minutes:

The decision on this item is recorded in a separate (not for publication) restricted Minute.