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Agenda item

Declarations of Interest

To remind Members of the need to record the existence and nature of any personal, disclosable pecuniary or other registrable interests in items on the agenda, in accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct.

Minutes:

The Monitoring Officer announced that in respect of Agenda Item 6 Capital Strategy, Financial Years 2023/43 to 2032/33 and Agenda Item 7 Revenue Budget 2023/24 all Members had previously completed an application for a grant of a dispensation in relation to ‘any beneficial interest’ in land within the Authority’s area. The Monitoring Officer had granted the dispensation to allow all Members to speak and vote on these items.

 

There were also a number of personal interests declared prior to the meeting in relation to agenda items, set out below and published on the Council’s website.

 

Councillor

Description

Abbs, Adrian

·       Greenham Parish Councillor

Steve Ardagh-Walter

·       Greenham and Crookham Commons Commission

·       Henwick Worthy Joint Management Committee

·       Kennet Leisure Centre Joint Advisory Committee

·       Thatcham Town Council

·       Trustee of West Berkshire Draughtbusters

·       Investment in Abundance (Community Municipal Investment)

Beck, Jeff

·       WBC’s Representative on the Board of Volunteer Centre West Berkshire

·       Trustee Of the Corn Exchange Newbury Ltd

·       WBC appointed Member of the Henwick Worthy Joint Management Committee Board

·       WBC appointee to the Kennet Leisure Centre Committee

·       Newbury Town Council  Councillor

Benneyworth, Dennis

·       Member of Royal Berkshire Fire Authority

Boeck, Dominic

·       WBC appointee to the Kennet Leisure Centre Joint Advisory Committee

Bridgman, Graham

·       Stratfield Mortimer Parish Councillor

·       Investment in Abundance (Community Municipal Investment)

·       Director of Mortimer Music Live Community Interest Company

Cottam, Jeremy

·       Thatcham Town Councillor

·       Director of Old Blue Coat School

·       Thatcham Chamber of Commerce

Culver, Carolyne

·       Investments in Abundance and has bought some of the WBC Community Municipal Investment bonds

Doherty, Lynne

·       Investment in Abundance (Community Municipal Investment)

·       Trustee at St Bartholomew’s Foundation

·       Board Member of the LEP

·       LGA People & Places Board Member

Clive Hooker

·       Parish Councillor for West Ilsley

·       WBC representative on the Saunders Wynn and Coventry Trust

·       On the Pang and the Lambourn Valley Flood Forums.

Jeffery, Owen

·       Thatcham Town Councillor

·       Substitute on Henwick Worthy Joint Management Committee (appointed by Thatcham Town Council)

·       Member of  Kennet Leisure Centre Joint Advisory Committee (Thatcham Town Council appointment)

·       In receipt of a pension from the Royal Berks Pension fund

·       Observer to the Berkshire Maestros (WBC appointed)

Jones, Rick

·       Purley on Thames Parish Council

Linden, Tony

·       Member of Royal Berkshire Fire Authority

Marino, Thomas

·       Governor at Downsway Primary School

·       Tilehurst Parish Council

Mackinnon, Ross

·       Member of Willink Joint Advisory Committee (Council appointee)

Marsh, David

·       Newbury Town Councillor

·       Governor, John Rankin School.

·       Trustee, Friends of Wash Common Library

Masters, Steve

·       Trustee of Eight Bells

·       Trustee Mobile Phone Museum

·       Newbury Town Councillor

Mayes, Geoff

·       Beech Hill Parish Councillor

·       English Heritage

·       CPRE

·       BBOWT

·       Stratfield Mortimer Fairground Trust

·       Wokefield Common Committee

Moore, Andy

·       Newbury Town Councillor

·       Newbury Town Council’s Observer on the Board of the Volunteer Centre

Oloko, Biyi

·       Ambassador for the Institute of Directors Berkshire

·       Vice President Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, Thames Valley District

·       Member of the Royal Berkshire Fire Service

·       West Berkshire Learning Disability Partnership Board

Pattenden, Erik

·       Newbury Town Councillor

Rowles, Claire

·       Board member of the West Berkshire Citizens Advice Bureau

Somner, Richard

·       Holybrook Parish Councillor

·       Employed by The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

·       Partner employed by Daisy’s Dream and they were the recipient of grant funding from WBC

Stewart, Joanne

·       Employed by Daisy’s Dream who received a grant from the West Berks Council Lottery Fund

·       Partner of Cllr Richard Somner who is employed by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Simpson, Garth

·       Member of Royal Berkshire Fire Authority

Vickers, Tony

·       Newbury Town Councillor

·       Investment  in WBC Abundance bonds

·       Mid & West Berks Local Access Forum

·       National Ramblers

Vickers, Martha

·       Newbury Town Councillor

·       Member of West Berkshire Health Watch

Woollaston, Howard

·       Chairman of the Lambourn Valley Flood Forum (voluntary position)

·       WBC representative for the Thames Valley Police & Crime Commissioners Panel

 

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