AGENDA - COUNCIL
Thursday 13 September 2007 at 2:00 pm in the Council Chamber

1.         Minutes – to approve as a correct record and authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the special meeting of the Council held on 2 August 2007.

2.         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 deal with under item 7 below).

3.         Confidential Business – the Chairman to inform the meeting of any confidential item of business.

4.         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.  

5.         Chairman’s Announcements  

6.         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.  

7.         Business Brought Forward by the Chairman – to consider business (if any) brought forward by the Chairman as reported under item 2 above.

8.         Questions – to consider the following questions received in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 8.  

From Cllr Date to Cllr Barnes, Executive Member for Value for Money

(i)         Is it possible to have a breakdown of s106 monies received, analysed over Wards and within Wards what the money can be spent on?

From Cllr Date to Cllr Carson , Executive Member for Clean Environment

(ii)          I have had two problems with refuse collections in the past three weeks.  The Utilities did work in Hillbrook Road , from prior to 16 August.  This meant that the Refuse Vehicles could not collect from Hillbrook Road and Hillbrook Rise for two weeks.  I rang on a number of occasions, on the three times I got through, I left a message, but at no time did I receive a return call.

The other problem was personal on 23 August, my bin was not collected, my wife rang on at least four days, asking for it to be collected.  Every time, she was assured it would be collected, it never was.  What has gone wrong with the refuse collection service?  In my personal case, if the lorries had broken down, or there was a lack of staff due to the holidays, would it not be better to say that, rather than, in effect lie?

9.          Notice of Motion – to consider the following motion received in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10.1.  9.     

(a)         Proposed by Cllr Pennington and seconded by Cllr Croad

            “This Council urges the Prime Minister to call a National Referendum on the proposed European Union Reform Treaty which is basically the same as the previously rejected EU Constitution on which the Labour Party pledged a National Referendum.”  

10.         Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) – to consider a report which seeks Member approval for the Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document (SPD);

Report

            Appendix 1 - Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

11.        Local Development Framework – Totnes and Dartington Development Plan Document – Preferred Options – to consider a report which updates Members on progress being made on the South Hams Local Development Framework (LDF) Totnes and Dartington Preferred Options document;

Report

            Appendix 1 - Totnes/Dartington Development Plan Document - Preferred Options

            Appendix 2 - Summary Matrix

            Appendix 3 - Location Map

12.        Tor Homes Board – to consider a report on the proposed changes with Tor Homes in reducing the size of their Board from 15 to 12 members;

            Report

 

13.         Standards Committee – Appointment of Independent Members and Parish Representatives – to consider a report which informs of the recommendations of the appointments panel on additional appointments to the Standards Committee;

Report
         

14.       Reports of Bodies – to receive and as may be necessary approve the minutes and recommendations of the under-mentioned Bodies:-  

                * Indicates minutes containing recommendations to Council.

Members of the public may wish to note that the Council's meeting rooms

are accessible by wheelchairs and have a loop induction hearing system.

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An optional lunch will be available for all Members

in the Dining Room at 12.45 pm

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             MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO SIGN THE ATTENDANCE REGISTER

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