Issue - meetings

A.    To receive the Minutes and consider the recommendations and/or referrals from the following meeting of the Executive Committee:

(Matters arising on the 23rd of April 2008 minutes are detailed in a separate report, which is attached to the agenda.)

23rd April 2008

Matters of referral to the Council include:

·                                            Children and Young People’s Plan;

·                                            District Centres - Final Report;

·                                            Communications – Final Report;

·                                            Charging Policy and Procedures – Reference from the Overview and Scrutiny Committee;

·                                            Procurement Agenda – Update;

·                                            Transformational Government Strategy 2008 – 2010; and

·                                            Right to Manage – Grant.

 (Minutes circulated in Minute Book 1 - 2008/09 – To Follow)

B.    To receive the Decision Notices and consider the recommendations and/or referrals from the following meetings of the Executive Committee:

(Matters arising on the 11th of June 2008 decision notice are detailed in a separate report, which is to follow.)

       11th June 2008

       Matters of referral to the Council include:

·                                                           Redditch Partnership Agreement and Protocol;

·                                                           Capital Programme 2008/09 – Additional Schemes for Inclusion;

·                                                           One Stop Shop Closures June 2008;

·                                                           St. John the BaptistChurch, Feckenham;

·                                                           Flag Flying Policy – Update.

       (Decision Notice previously circulated)

       30th June 2008

       Matters of referral to the Council include:

·                                   Abbey Stadium Redevelopment – Consultancy – Funding Approval

       (Separate report later on the agenda refers)

       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 meeting of the Executive Committee held on the 23rd of April 2008 be received and adopted and all recommendations approved subject to:

a)         in respect of Minute 242 (Children and Young People’s Plan), it being further

RESOLVED that

Officers be requested to develop a specific Children and Young People’s Action Plan for Redditch as an adjunct to the CountyPlan;

b)        in respect of Minute 243 (District Centres – Final Report), it being further

RESOLVED that

this Item be deferred to allow for further work to take place on the recommendations, involving the relevant Portfolio Holder, former Task and Finish Group Chair and relevant Officers;

c)         in respect of Minute 244 (Communications – Final Report), it being further

RESOLVED that

this Item be deferred to allow for further work to take place on the recommendations, involving the relevant Portfolio Holder, former Task and Finish Group Chair and relevant Officers; and

d)        in respect of Minute 245 (Charging Policy and Procedures), it being noted that an amended version of the document considered by the Executive Committee had been submitted to Council and it being further

RESOLVED that

the Council approve and adopt the Charging Policy and Procedure, as set out in Appendix A to the update report.

2)         the decision notice of the meeting of the Executive Committee held on the 11th of June 2008 be received and all recommendations approved subject to:

            in respect of Minute 6 (Redditch Partnership Agreement and Protocol), it being further

it being noted that an amended version of the document considered by the Executive Committee had been submitted to Council and it being further

RESOLVED that

the updated Redditch Partnership Agreement and Protocol be endorsed.

(A motion to amend the recommendation in respect of the three district One-Stop Shops at Batchley, Winyates and Woodrow was the subject of the following named vote in accordance with Standing Order 16:

Members voting FOR the amendment to the motion:

Councillors Cookson, Enderby, Fry, Hartnett, Hunt, R King, W King, Mould, Shurmer and Taylor.

(10 votes)

Members voting AGAINST the amendment to the motion:

Councillors Anderson, Banks, Boyd-Carpenter, Braley, Brunner, Chalk, A Clayton, B Clayton, Farooqui, Field, Gandy, Hall, Hicks, MacMillan, Pearce, Smith and Thomas.

(17 votes)

Members Abstaining from Voting:

None.

Accordingly, the amendment to the Motion fell.)