Agenda

Venue: Daw Room - Committee Suite - County Hall

Contact: Karen Strahan 01392 382264  Email: karen.strahan@devon.gov.uk

Items
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PART I - OPEN COMMITTEE

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Declaration of Interests

Members of the Council will declare any interests they may have in any item to be considered at this meeting, prior to any discussion taking place on that item.

 

The other registrable interests of Councillors of Devon County Council, arising from membership of City, Town or Parish Councils and other Local Authorities will automatically be recorded in the minutes: County councillors who are also district, borough, city, parish or town councillors

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3.

Minutes

Minutes of the meeting held on 20 May 2024, previously circulated.

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4.

Items Requiring Urgent Attention

Items which in the opinion of the Chair should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.

MATTERS FOR DECISION

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5.

County Returning Officer

In accordance with the Representation of the People Act 1983, to ask the Committee to formally appoint Miss Maria Price to be the Returning Officer for election of Councillors of the County.

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6.

Draft County Council Election Fees 2025 pdf icon PDF 192 KB

To receive and confirm the schedule of fees for the 2025 Quadrennial Elections prepared in consultation with Deputy (District Council) Returning Officers reflecting previous past practice, application of staff pay awards from between 2021 and 2024, Expenses Guidance for Returning Officers (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities of February 2024) and the benchmarking of District Council payments for recent elections, as an uplift to the fees, attached.

PART II - ITEMS WHICH MAY BE TAKEN IN THE ABSENCE OF PRESS AND PUBLIC ON THE GROUNDS THAT EXEMPT INFORMATION MAY BE DISCLOSED

 

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