Councillors and Decision Making

Agenda

Full Council

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Date: Thursday 28 January 2010

Time: 6:30 PM

Location: Council Chamber, Civic Offices, Coach Central, Telford, TF3 4HD  

1.0 Councillor Ute Sambrook
 
2.0 Prayers
 
3.0 Minutes of the Council
To confirm the minutes of the Borough Council held on 26th November, 2009
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4.0 Apologies for Absence
 
5.0 Declarations of Interest
 
6.0 Announcements
To note the Mayoral Engagements undertaken since the 26th November, 2009
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7.0 Report of the Leader
The Leader of the Council may give a verbal report on matters of significance to the Borough or upon the Cabinet decisions.
8.0 Cabinet Decisions made since the last meeting of the Council
To receive the report on the Cabinet decisions made since the last meeting of the Council on 26th November, 2009. Cabinet Members may speak on these decisions and Members may ask questions of the relevant Cabinet Member for the purposes of clarification only. Members are asked to note the additional delegations to officers granted at these meetings.
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9.0 Recommendation from Cabinet - 12th January,2010
2009/10 Financial Monitoring Cabinet recommends for Council approval: The new capital allocations and slippage and the revenue and capital virements detailed at 5.1 of the report.
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10.0 Setting of the Council Tax Base for 2010/11
To consider the report of the Head of Finance
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11.0 Recommendations from Boards, Committees & Commissions
(i)The minutes of the meeting of the Licensing Committee held on 8th December, 2009 contain the following recommendations at Minute No. LC-89. A copy of the report of the Head of Planning & Transport is attached as Appendix F for information. RESOLVED - that Council is recommended to approve: (a)The revocation of the existing byelaws known as " District of The Wrekin Council Granville Country Park Local Nature Reserve Byelaws" as shown at Appendix A on the site shown at Appendix B as attached to the report; (b)The re-application of the Byelaws to the whole of the site known as "Granville Country Park Local Nature Reserve" as shown at Appendix C as attached to the report. (ii)The minutes of the meeting of the Council Constitution Committee held on 8th December 2009 contain the following recommendations at Minute No. CCC-10. A copy of the report of the Head of Legal Services is attached as Appendix G for information. (a) The proposed changes to the Constitution to create a Dispensations Sub-Committee, and the addition of the Terms of Reference for the sub-committee, as set out in paragraph 7 of the report, to Part 2, Article 9 of the Constitution subject to the first Term of Reference being amended by the insertion of the words ‘and members of other relevant authorities’ after the words ‘members of the authority’; (b) The proposed changes to the Constitution to establish a Health Monitoring Committee and the addition of Terms of Reference for the Committee, as set out in paragraph 8 of the report, subject to: (i) The first Term of Reference being amended to read: “To gather information and consider the implications of any local health reviews that affect the Borough and the implications for people in Telford & Wrekin”; (ii) The second Term of Reference, as set out in the report, being deleted; (iii) The third Term of Reference being amended to read “...to report findings and make recommendations to Cabinet”; (iv) That the Membership of the Committee be amended to include the Cabinet Member with responsibility for issues relating to the NHS and the Telford & Wrekin Primary Care Trust.
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12.0 Fairtrade Status: Progress Report
Councillor V.A. Fletcher to present the report
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13.0 Minutes of Boards and Committees
To note the following resolved minutes (Salmon) Plans Board 4th & 25th November and 7th & 16th December, 2009 Licensing Committee 12th & 18th November, 8th, 15th and 17th December 2009 Audit Committee 3rd November 2009 Council Constitution Committee 8th December 2009 Standards Committee 10th December, 2009
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Appendices I1,2,3,& 4 Apppendices J1,2,3,4 & 5 Appendix K, Appendix L, Appendix M Appendix N
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14.0 Questions
To answer questions received under Council Procedure Rule 10.
15.0 Notices of Motion
Councillor C.F. Smith will move, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11, the following Motion: "The Council agrees that any Member Project Boards which are established to deliver the Town Centre, Southwater Regeneration and the relocation of Civic Offices will be representative of the membership of the whole Council.! The Motion will be seconded by Councillor G.M. Green

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