1. Election of the Chairman of the Council;
(The Chairman will then sign the declaration of acceptance of office).
2. Address by the New Chairman of Council;
3. Vote of thanks to Retiring Chairman;
4. Response by the Retiring Chairman;
5. Appointment of Vice Chairman of the Council;
(The Vice Chairman will then sign the declaration of acceptance of office).
6. Minutes – to approve as a correct record and authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 25 March 2010;
7. Election of Leader of the Council and Chairman of the Executive;
8. Election of Deputy Leader of the Council and Vice Chairman of the Executive;
9. Representation on Political Groups – to approve a review carried out in consultation with leaders of the Political Groups. This is reflected in the list of Council Bodies (circulated separately);
10. Appointment of Members of the Bodies of the Council – to appoint the Members of the following Council Bodies for the 2010/11 Municipal Year:-
a) Executive;
b) Development Management Committee (and to decide upon its size);
c) Personnel Panel;
d) Scrutiny;
e) Community Policy Development Group;
f) Environment Policy Development Group;
g) Prosperity Policy Development Group;
h) Audit Committee;
i) Devon Building Control Partnership;
j) Licensing Committee;
k) Standards Committee; and
l) Salcombe Harbour Board.
11. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Bodies of the Council – to elect the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the following Bodies of the Council for the 2010/11 Municipal Year:-
a) Development Management Committee;
b) Personnel Panel;
c) Scrutiny;
d) Community Policy Development Group;
e) Environment Policy Development Group;
f) Prosperity Policy Development Group;
g) Audit Committee;
h) Licensing Committee; and
i) Salcombe Harbour Board (Chairman only).
12. Appointment of Representatives on Outside Bodies – to consider a report concerning the appointment of Members as representatives on Outside Bodies for the 2010/11 Municipal Year (circulated separately);
NOTE: Although
some of these appointments are accepted by the “Outside Bodies” for a period of
years, it is the Council’s
practice where possible to review all appointments annually.
13. Appointment of Other Groups – to agree to the appointment of the following Groups for the 2010/11 Municipal Year:-
a) Asset Management Group;
b) Beach Management Group
c) Council Tax Setting Panel;
d) Design and Conservation Panel;
e) Development Planning Steering Group;
f) Executive Project Board;
g) Joint Health & Safety Consultative Panel;
h) Joint Staff Consultative Forum;
i) Member Development Steering Group
j) Political Structures Working Group;
k) Programming Panel
l) Public Spaces Working Group;
m) Shared Services Joint Steering Group; and
n) Tree and Hedge Appeal Group.
14. Urgent Business – the Chairman to announce if any item not on the agenda should be considered on the basis that he considers it as a matter of urgency (any such item to be dealt with under item 19 below);
15. Confidential Business – the Chairman to inform the meeting of any confidential item of business;
16. Exempt Information – to consider whether the consideration of any item of business would be likely to disclose exempt information and if so the category of such exempt information;
17. Declarations of Interest – Members are invited to declare any personal or prejudicial interests, including the nature and extent of such interests, they may have in any items to be considered at this meeting;
18. Chairman’s Announcements;
19. Business Brought Forward by the Chairman – to consider business (if any) brought forward by the Chairman as reported under item 2 above;
Boat Park Operations - Strategy for the Future:
Prosperity PDG Minute extract - 28 April 2010
20. Questions – to consider the following questions received in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 8
From Cllr Baldry to Cllr Tucker, Leader of Council
(a) During a public meeting, at which I was present, on 16 April, Gary Streeter said he would support a campaign for free parking in Ivybridge. Reported in Ivybridge and South Brent Gazette 23 April: “….he explained that the centres in Plympton and Plymstock are vibrant due to free parking”.
South Hams Liberal Democrats have consistently called for free parking to encourage the public to shop locally. We welcome the Conservative MP joining the campaign.
Will the Leader join our campaign? Has he had any discussions on the subject with Mr Streeter?
From Cllr Lawrence to Cllr Hitchins, lead Executive Member for Prosperity
(b) In view of the increase in car parking permit prices what has been the effect on permit sales?
In particular, what were the numbers sold last year (2009/10) and this for:-
- the residents parking permit (£20);
- the annual parking permits (with registration numbers); and
- the annual business parking permits (without registration numbers)?
21. Notice of Motion – to consider the following motions received (if any) in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10.1.
22. Duty to Respond to Petitions – Petition Scheme – to consider a report which seeks the approval of a Petition Scheme to ensure the Council is abiding by our new Duty to Respond to Petitions, which is to be enforced on 15 June 2010 (circulated separately);
23. Calendar of Meetings 2010/11 – to consider a report of the Monitoring Officer on the Calendar of Meetings for the 2010/11 Municipal Year (circulated separately);
“That in accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business in order to avoid the likely disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act”
25. Proposed Arrangements for the Recruitment of the Shared Chief Executive – to consider an exempt report which advises the Council of the progress made in the recruitment process for a replacement Shared Chief Executive (circulated separately);
Report - Exempt
26. Re-admittance of Public and Press
27. Reports of Bodies – to receive and as may be necessary approve the minutes and recommendations of the under-mentioned Bodies:-
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Council Body |
Date of Meeting |
Minute Nos. |
Pages No.
|
|
(a) |
29 March 2010 |
SH.47/09 – SH.54/09 |
16 – 21 |
|
|
(b) |
|
6 April 2010 |
A.31/09 – A.45/09 |
22 – 29 |
|
(c) |
Joint Audit / Standards Committee
|
6 April 2010 |
A.46/09 & S.42/09 – A.48/09 & S.44/09 |
30 – 32 |
|
(d) |
|
8 April 2010 |
E.108/09 – E.120/09 |
33 – 42 |
|
(e) |
Development Management Committee
|
14 April 2010 |
DC.63/09 – DC.67/09 |
43 – 53 |
|
(f) |
|
15 April 2010 |
CPDG.29/09 – CPDG.36/09 |
54 – 62 |
|
(g) |
|
22 April 2010 |
SC.59/09 – SC.66/09 |
63 – 69 |
|
(h) |
|
28 April 2010 |
PPDG.32/09 – PPDG.38/09 |
70 – 75 |
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