Apologies were received from Councillor Karen Walton and Councillor Damian Bretherton attended as a substitute.

Councillor Walton dialled into the meeting via Microsoft TEAMS and observed the proceedings.

Members are reminded of their responsibility to declare any pecuniary interest in respect of matters contained in this agenda.

If you have a pecuniary interest you must withdraw from the meeting. Normally you should leave the room before the business starts to be discussed. You do, however, have the same right to speak as a member of the public and may remain in the room to enable you to exercise that right and then leave immediately. In either case you must not seek to improperly influence a decision on the matter.

There were none.

Minutes of the last meeting held on 21 June 2021 attached for approval.

RESOLVED (unanimously):-

That the minutes of the meeting held on 21 June 2021 be approved and signed as a correct record.

To consider the exclusion of the press and public for the following items of business on the ground that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

By virtue of paragraph 1: Information relating to an individual.

RESOLVED (unanimously):-

That the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

Report of the Director of Customer and Digital to follow.

Asim Khan, Director of Customer and Digital, presented a confidential report