Agenda and minutes

For 2012/13, Councillor Tony Owen was appointed Chairman of the Sub-Committee with Councillor Michael Tickner appointed as Vice-Chairman.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Nicholas Bennett J.P.

Councillor Colin Smith declared a personal interest in view of his daughter being a part-time employee of the Library Service.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 22^nd November 2011 (excluding exempt information) be confirmed.

The Chairman to move that the Press and public be excluded during consideration of the items of business listed below as it is likely in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings that if members of the Press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information.

RESOLVED that the Press and public be excluded during consideration of the items of business referred to below as it is likely in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings that if members of the Press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information.

The following summaries

refer to matters

involving exempt information

The previous Part 2 minutes were agreed.

Members considered a report outlining jointly co-ordinated industrial action - “discontinuous action short of strike action” - by The Teachers’ Union (NASUWT) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT) as part of a national dispute.

The report sought Member endorsement of a recommended approach to action being taken locally as part of the dispute.