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Following
consideration of the officer report, appendices and discussion, the
Executive agreed:
 
a.    
The case for applying exemption information
provision as set out in the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A
and therefore treat the attached confidential Appendix A in
confidence, as it contains commercially sensitive and legal
privilege information, and as the case for the public interest in
maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in
disclosing that information.
 
b.   
To exclude the press and public from the meeting
during discussion regarding confidential Appendices (treated as
exempt information).
 
c.    
To approve the negotiation mandate with SUEZ and
instruct the Chief Executive to establish their final negotiated
position as an alternative to renunciation of the Contract as set
out in confidential Appendix A of the report.
 
d.    
That following conclusion of the negotiations
with SUEZ by the Chief Executive a further report shall be brought
back for a final decision setting out the SUEZ final offer and
other alternative options.