Thursday 25 September 2008 at 2.00pm in the Council Chamber
1. Minutes – to approve as a correct record and authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the annual meeting of the Council held on 24 July 2008;
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 dealt 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. 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;
6. Chairman’s Announcements;
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 Baldry to Cllr Hewitt, Executive Member for a Clean Environment
(i) At the Council Meeting on 8 May, Cllr Lawrence and I moved a Motion to ‘facilitate a comprehensive trade waste recycling scheme as soon as possible.’ During the debate, this was amended and approved to read: ‘This Council wishes…..to take account of the aspirations of many members of the business community by offering to facilitate a comprehensive trade waste recycling scheme as soon as possible’. Would the Executive Member please say when he plans to implement the scheme?
From Cllr Baldry to Cllr Tucker, Leader of Council
(ii) It is a legal requirement for all householders to give the names and addresses of people in their household for the purpose of the Register of Electors. This information may then be sold by the Council in an edited register to commercial organisations. Many members of the public are not aware of this ability to sell the details they have been compelled to give the Council. In future, would the Council give wide publicity and stress that if they do not want their personal information made public, people should opt for the Edited Register?
From Cllr Brazil to Cllr Tucker, Leader of Council
(iii) How much has SHDC spent on the Local Government Review including officer time and meetings (both internal and external)?
From Cllr O’Callaghan to Cllr Bastone, Executive Member for Community Affairs
(iv) Under the new over-60’s bus pass scheme, what is the procedure when a journey is taken partially outside the permitted time, and partially inside it? Can the passenger pay a partial fare…for example if he or she gets off halfway through his journey at 9.30am, and then gets on again to complete it
From Cllr O’Callaghan to Cllr Bastone, Executive Member for Community Affairs
(v) Why is the South Hams magazine still wrapped in plastic when inside the latest edition, we hear how well our recycling scheme is going and how we are reducing the amount of rubbish going to landfill? The wrapping is described as oxy-degradable polythene, but does not state whether it can go in the brown bin. Does it then have to go in the black bin?
9. 9. Notice of Motion – to consider the following motions received (if any) in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10.1.
10. Local Government Review Working Group Feedback on the Response Submitted to the Boundary Committee – to consider a report which seeks to update Council on the Local Government Review in accordance with the resolution of the Council meeting on 24 July 2008 (minute 40/08 refers);
11. Adoption of Affordable Housing Development Plan Document and Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document – to consider a report which seeks Council support to adopt the Affordable Housing Development Plan Document and the Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document;
report
appendix 1
appendix 2
appendix 3
12. Amendment to the Council’s Constitution – Statement of Accounts – to consider a report which seeks to amend the Scheme of Delegations, in order that the authority’s Statement of Accounts are presented for approval to the Audit Committee rather than full Council;
13. 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. |
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(a) |
22 July 2008 |
PPDG.1/08 – PPDG.7/08 |
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(b) |
22 July 2008 |
S.5/08 – S.9/08 |
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(c) |
24 July 2008 |
SC.7/08 – SC.11/08 |
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(d) |
30 July 2008 |
DC.12/08 – DC.18/08 |
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(e) |
26 August 2008 |
L.4/08 – L.6/08 |
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(f) |
3 September 2008 |
DC.19/08 – DC.24/08 |
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(g) |
4 September 2008 |
E.33/08 – E.51/08 |
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(h) |
4 September 2008 |
PP.14/08 – PP.16/08 |
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(i) |
9 September 2008 |
A.8/08 – 16.x/08 |
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(j) |
9 September 2008 |
S.10/08 – S.12/08 |
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(k) |
17 September 2008 |
CPDG.9/08 – CPDG. 13/08 |
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(l) |
18 September 2008 |
SC.12/08 – SC.18/08 |
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(m) |
22 September 2008 |
SH.19/08 – SH.29/08 |
* Indicates minutes containing recommendations to Council.
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