Councillors and Decision Making

Agenda

Full Council


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Date: Thursday 12 September 2013

Time: 6:30 PM

Location: Oakengates Theatre, Limes Walk, Oakengates, Telford, TF2 6ET   View Map


1.0 Minutes
To confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Council on the 11/07/2013
Appendices
2.0 Apologies for Absence
 
3.0 Declarations of Interest
 
4.0 Leader's Report and Announcements
The Leader of the Council may give an oral report on matters of significance to the Borough, comment upon the Cabinet decisions or make any announcements
5.0 Mayor's Announcements
To note the Mayoral Engagements undertaken since the Council meeting held on 11 July 2013
Appendices
6.0 Public Questions
No questions have been received
7.0 Supporting Fairtrade in Telford & Wrekin - Progress Report
i) to receive the report of the Managing Director ii) to receive a presentation from a representative of Bridges on the work they have been doing with local schools on Fairtrade
Appendices
8.0 Cabinet Decisions Made Since the Last Meeting of the Council
To receive the report on the Cabinet decisions made since teh last meeting of the Council on 11 July 2013. Cabinet Members may speak on these decisions and Members may ask questions of the relevant Cabinet Member for the purposes clarification only. Members are asked to note the additional delegations to officers granted at those meetings
Appendices
9.0 Recommendations from Cabinet
Financial Monitoring 2013/14 Recommended - that the new allocations and slippage detailed in Appendix 3 of the report be approved
Appendices
10.0 Recommendations from Boards & Committees
i) Recommendations from the Council Constitution Committee regarding Joint Health Scrutiny arrangements; ii) Recommendation from Planning Committee regarding amending the Scheme for Public Speaking at Planning Committee by reducing the time allocated to each category of speaker to a maximum of three minutes.
Appendices
11.0 Update on Borough Boundary Review
To receive a verbal update from Councillor R Sloan, Chair of the Boundary Review Committee, on the Council's response to the Boundary Commission's draft recommendations, following the meeting of the Committee on 4 September 2013
12.0 Minutes of Boards and Committees
To note the following resolved minutes: Budget & Finance Scrutiny Committee - 2 July; Children & Young People Scrutiny Committee - 6 June; Health & Wellbeing Board - 17 July; Planning Committee - 3 July, 24 July & 14 August; Scrutiny Management Board - 12 July; Standards Committee - 10 July.
Appendices
13.0 Questions
To answer questions received under Council Procedure Rule 10
14.0 Notices of Motion
i) Councillor K Sahota will move the following motion - "this Council is committed to campaigning for the retention of a full 24 hour Accident & Emergency Service at the Princess Royal Hospital". The motion will be seconded by Councillor R Overton. ii) Councillor S Bentley will move the following motion - "that this Authority welcomes the successful trial of visual and sound recording of full Council meetings, and urges members of the community to exercise their right to record and film at all other meetings which are open to members of the public". The motion will be seconded by Councillor A Eade. iii) Councillor S Bentley will move the following motion - "this Council welcomes the action by the Prime Minister and HM Government to introduce laws that tackle the use of the internet for procurement of sexual images involving children and minors". The motion will be seconded by Councillor N Dugmore