AGENDA - Executive, Thursday 2 June 2005 at 10.00 am in the Cary Room


 

1.         Minutes - to approve as a correct record and authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 7 April 2005 .

2.         Members in Attendance.

3.         Urgent Business - brought forward at the discretion of the Chairman.

4.         Division of Agenda - to consider whether the discussion of any item of business is likely to lead to the disclosure of 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.         Public Question Time - a period of up to 15 minutes is available to deal with questions submitted by the Council in accordance with the Executive Procedure Rules.

7.         Planning Delivery Grant – to consider a report which seeks Member support to decide how the Planning Delivery Grant allocation for 2005/06 should be spent;

            Appendix

8.         The Opportunities for Developing the Cleansing Services for the Future – to consider a report which seeks Member approval for the future provision of waste collection (including recycling), street cleansing, beach cleaning and toilet cleaning to be undertaken in-house as a direct service by the Operations Team as opposed to the current arrangements which are based on a client/contractor relationship;

9.         South Hams Sustainability Group Terms of Reference – to consider a report which seeks Member support for the South Hams Agenda 21 Steering Group to change its name to the South Hams Sustainability Group and seeks approval of the Group’s new Terms of Reference;

10.       Partnering of Enforcement Function for Revenue and Benefits – to consider a report which advises Members of a unique business partnership for the Revenue and Benefits Enforcement Service and to request the waiving of Standing Orders to enable the partnership to progress;

11.       Write-off of Bad Debts – to consider a report which requests that Members note the individual debts up to the value of £2,000 written off by the Head of Finance under delegated authority;

12.       Reports of Other Bodies - To receive, and as may be necessary to approve, the minutes and any recommendations of the under-mentioned bodies:-

      (a)   Community Planning Steering Group – 12 April 2005 ;
(b)  
Scrutiny – 21 April 2005 ;
(c)   Business Board (Leisure, Car Parks and Markets) – 28 April 2005 ;
(d)  
Scrutiny – 19 May 2005 (minutes to follow);
(e)   Environment Policy Development Group – 26 May 2005 (minutes to follow).

                       

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