Issue - meetings

A.        To formally receive the minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee held on 7 January 2009, 13 January 2009 and 28 January 2009.

(All decisions here have previously been fully resolved. There are no outstanding recommendations or referrals which require the Council’s consideration.)

(Minutes circulated in Minute Book 7 2008/09 – to follow)

B.        To receive the Minutes and consider the recommendations and/or referrals from the following meeting of the Executive Committee (Decision Notice for 18 February 2009 previously circulated):

18 February 2009

Matters requiring the Council’s consideration include

·        Freedom of the Borough – Mercian Regiment;

·        Treasury Management Strategy 2009/10;

·        Prudential Indicators and Minimum Revenue Provision Policy;

·        Enforcement Policy;

·        Redditch Children and Young People’s Action Plan;

·        Empty Homes Strategy;

·        Interim Management Orders; and

·        Constitutional Review Working Party.

C.        To receive the Minutes from the following meeting of the Executive Committee:

25 February 2009

All decisions here have been previously resolved.

(Minutes circulated in Minute Book 7 2008/09 – to follow)

D.        To receive the Decision Notice and consider the recommendations and / or referrals from the following meeting of the Executive Committee:

2 March 2009

Matters requiring the Council’s consideration include

·        Consideration of the Preferred Draft Core Strategy Evidence Base.

(Decision Notice to follow)

(Any matters arising, not covered elsewhere in the agenda, will be considered under this heading.)

Confidential matters may be taken after the Exclusion of the Public, subject to notification at this point in the meeting.

RESOLVED that

1)         the minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee held on 7 January, 13 January and 23 February 2009 be received and adopted;

2)         the minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee held on 28 January and 18 February 2009 be received and adopted and all recommendations approved, subject to:

in respect of Minute 229 (Empty Homes Strategy)

it being further RESOLVED that

the minutes be amended to read “…increase the level of…” rather than “…reduce the level of…”;

in respect of Minute 232 (Constitutional Review Working Party)

it being further NOTED that

recommendations 11-15 (Standing Orders) were intended as guidance and did not reflect an intention to amend Standing Orders; and

3)         the decision notice of the meeting of the Executive Committee held on 2 March 2009 be received and all recommendations approved, subject to:

in respect of Minute 246 (Core Strategy Evidence Base)

it being further NOTED that

an amendment was to be made to Appendix B under the delegated authority granted and subsequent to the site visit by Members to a number of the sites in question.