1.
Minutes
– to approve as a correct
record and authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the meeting of the
Council held on
2. Urgent Business – the Chairman to announce if any item not on the agenda should be considered on the basis that she 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 questions received (if any) in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 8.
9.
Notice of Motion – to
consider the following motion which has been submitted in accordance with
Council Procedure Rule 10.1:-
By Cllrs Pennington and Bastone:
“This Council deplores the introduction of
the Code of Conduct issued and enforced by the Standards Board for England
arising from the Local Government Act 2000 for the under mentioned reasons:-
1.
It created the pernicious offence of ‘prejudicial interest’ which
makes it an offence for an elected Councillor to represent the views of
constituents on strategic planning and other issues if that Councillor had
previously publicly made known his/her concerns either before, during, or
following election, thus depriving the electorate of democratic representation
in Council debates and resolutions.
2.
It has resulted in large numbers of Councillors’ lives being ruined by
malicious, vexatious and ill informed complaints.
3.
It is an over restricted bureaucracy which has conferred arbitrary powers
to an unelected and despotic quango.
4.
It has wasted millions of pounds of public money which could have been
more appropriately expended on core services.
5.
The Code of Conduct has also given powers of interpretation to “over
zealous” monitoring officers which prevents Councillors from properly and
adequately representing the views of their electorates.
Therefore this Council requests the Deputy
Prime Minister for Local Government, together with H M Government, to review and
reform the Code of Conduct for Councillors and at the very least remove the
offence of so-called prejudicial interest which prevents Councillors from
exercising democratic rights.”
10.
Treasury
Management Strategy Statement and Annual Investment Strategy – 2006 / 2007
– to consider a report on the expected activities of the treasury function in
2006 / 2007 (circulated separately).
11.
Arrangements
for the Approval of the Statement of Accounts 2005 / 2006 – to consider a report which seeks approval for delegated authority to
be granted to the Council Tax Setting Panel to approve the Statement of Accounts
2005 / 2006 (circulated separately).
12.
Scrutiny
and Policy Development Groups: Annual Report – to consider a report of
the Programming Panel on the workings of Scrutiny and the Policy Development
Groups and future work programmes for each (circulated separately).
13.
Appointments
to Council Bodies – to consider a report on appointments to Council
Bodies arising from the recent election for the Erme Valley Ward (circulated
separately).
14.
Reports
of Bodies – to
receive and as may be necessary approve the minutes and recommendations of
the under-mentioned Bodies:-
|
|
Council Body |
Date of Meeting |
Minute Nos. |
|
(a) |
|
|
DC.56/05 – DC.62/05 |
|
(b) |
|
|
|
|
(c) |
|
|
SH.21/05 – SH.23/05 |
|
(d) |
|
|
To Follow |
|
(e) |
|
|
01/05 – 03/05 |
|
(f) |
Environment Policy Development Group |
|
EPDG.16/05 – EPDG.20/05 |
|
(g) |
|
|
SC.56/05 – SC.62/05 |
|
(h) |
|
E.122/05 – E.138/05
|
* Indicates minutes containing recommendations to Council.
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