1. Minutes - to approve as a correct record and authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 24 January 2008 (as previously circulated);
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 to the Council in accordance with the Executive Procedure Rules (see attached explanatory note page 1 only);
7. Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) to consider a report which seeks approval to implement the CPE subject to the Department for Transport approving Devons over-arching application in respect of these new powers and Devon County Council underwriting the full cost of operating on-street enforcement activity locally in the South Hams;
8. Totnes Southern Area Procurement of Final Phase to consider a report that identifies the procurement approach for the final phase of the Totnes Southern Area development;
9. Kingswear Passenger Ferry Pontoon Replacement to consider a report that sets out the requirements of the Kingswear passenger ferry pontoon and bridge;
10. Castle Cove, Dartmouth to consider a report that sets out proposals for the re-creation of a link path at Castle Cove between the existing footpath and the bathing platform;
11. Shared Services: Environmental Health to consider a report which seeks Member approval for a shared service arrangement between South Hams and West Devon Environmental Health Services;
12. Corporate Major Emergency Response Policy to consider a report which advises Members on changes to the Councils responsibilities following the introduction of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004;
13. Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG) Budget to consider a report that seeks agreement to provide the budget for Disabled Facilities Grants from the Capital Programme in line with the Government Office South West allocation;
14. Charging for Pre-Application Planning Advice to consider a report that seeks endorsement of the proposed fee charges and service standards;
15. Revenue Budget Monitoring Report to consider a report that enables Members to monitor income and expenditure variations against the approved budget for 2007/2008;
16. Exemption to Standing Orders Relating to Contracts to consider a report that informs Members of the exemption to the Standing Orders Relating to Contracts approved in certain circumstances;
17. Write-Off Report to inform Members of the individual debts for all revenue streams (up to the value of £3,000) written off by the head of finance under delegated authority and for permission to be sought for those debts in excess of £3,000 to be written off;
18. Reports of
Other Bodies to receive, and as may be necessary to approve, the minutes
and any recommendations of the under-mentioned body:-
(a) Scrutiny: 19 December 2007
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