Issue - meetings

A.        To consider a Matters arising report in respect of the minutes of the meeting of the Executive Committee on 1st July 2009, submitted to the previous meeting of the Council but subsequently not resolved upon

(Report attached)

B.        To formally receive the minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee held on 10th June, 22nd July and 27th July 2009

(All decisions here have previously been fully resolved. There are no outstanding recommendations or referrals which require the Council’s consideration. The minutes of the meeting on 10th June should have been submitted to the previous meeting of the Council for formal adoption but were omitted from the minute book.)

(Minutes circulated in Minute Book 3 2009/10 – to follow)

C.        To receive the decision notices and consider the recommendations and/or referrals from the following meetings of the Executive Committee:

12 August 2009

Matters requiring the Council’s consideration include:

·        Worcestershire Land Drainage Protocol;

·        Church Hill District Centre – Redevelopment Update;

·        Maintenance of Unadopted Paved Areas; and

·        Shared Services Board.

26 August 2009

Matters requiring the Council’s consideration include:

·        Older Person’s housing and Support Strategy;

·        Strategic Housing – Selection of Registered Social Landlords;

·        Constitution – New Executive Arrangements / Whole Council Elections;

·        Governance Arrangements – Adoption of Written Member Roles;

·        Overview and Scrutiny Committee; and

·        Arrow Valley Social Club.

(Decision Notices attached)

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.

Members received the minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee held on 10th June, 22nd July and 27th July 2009 and the decision notices of the meetings of the Executive Committee on 12th and 26th August 2009.

In addition, in relation to the Executive Committee minutes of 1st July 2009, in respect of minute 36 (Insurance Premium Savings), Members’ received additional information with regard to the need to amend Resolution 36.3 (giving delegated authority to an Officer of the Council) to a recommendation for the Council’s consideration, as detailed in Paragraphs 2 and 3.1 of the Matters Arising report.

In respect of minute 43 (Delegations to Officers – Enforcement Powers), Members also received additional information comprising a further explanation of the delegations as set out in paragraphs 3.3 and 3.4 of the Matters Arising report.

INSURANCE PREMIUM SAVINGS – CONSORTIUM TENDER (Minute 36)

RESOLVED that

1)         authority be delegated to the Head of Financial, Revenues and Benefits Services, in consultation with the Risk Monitoring Group and the relevant Portfolio Holder, to utilise these monies;

SCHEME OF DELEGATION TO OFFICERS – PLANNING SERVICES AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PLANNING ENFORCEMENT AND PLANNING OBLIGATIONS (Minute 43)

RESOLVED that

2)         the update to the recommendation, as set out in paragraphs 3.3 and 3.4 below, in respect of the implementation of the new scheme be noted;

MINUTES AND DECISION NOTICES

RESOLVED that

3)         the minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee held on 10th June, 22nd July and 27th July be received and adopted;

4)         the decision notice of the meeting of the Executive Committee held on 12th August 2009 be received and all recommendations approved; and

5)         the decision notice of the meeting of the Executive Committee held on 26th August 2009 be received and all recommendations approved, subject to:

in respect of Minute 101 (Governance Arrangements – Adoption of Written Role Descriptors) it being recorded, in accordance with Standing Order 16, that Labour Group Members did not support the proposal so approved;

in respect of Minute 102 (Irrecoverable Debts – Market Kiosks) the assertion from Officers that the information in Appendix 2 to this report was now considered to be suitable to be in the public domain (subject to removal of named Officers) being formally recorded;

in respect of Minute 103 (Overview and Scrutiny Committee) it being noted that the Overview and Scrutiny Committee had been requested to reconsider the proposed size of the Crime and Disorder Scrutiny Panel; and

in respect of Minute 110 (Arrow Valley Social Club) it being noted that Officers had undertaken to provide a written response to Councillor Hartnett in respect of the actions that had followed the decisions taken in respect of this matter; and

(Prior to consideration of this item, and in accordance with the requirements of Section 81 of the Local Government Act 2000, Councillors Banks, Chance, Hartnett and Taylor declared a personal and prejudicial interest in view of their personal connection to (Taylor) or as Board Members of (Banks, Chance and Hartnett) Redditch  ...  view the full minutes text for item 52