AGENDA - Salcombe Harbour Board, Tuesday 19 October 2004, The Library, Cliff House, Salcombe at 2.30 pm

1.         Minutes - to approve as a correct record and authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the meeting of the Board held on 13 July 2004 (as previously circulated).

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

3.         Division of Agenda - to consider whether the discussion of any item of business is likely to lead to the disclosure of exempt information.

4.          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.

5.                   Final Accounts 2003/04 – to consider a report detailing the Harbour’s trading position in 2003/2004 and highlights the main variations from the original budget (pages 1 to 4).

Report

Appendix A

Harbour Balances

6.                   Financial Forecast 2004/05 & 2005/06 – to consider a report which identifies issues facing the Harbour and demonstrates the impact these have on the trading position and harbour charges (pages 5 to 14).

Report

Appendix A

Appendix B - To follow

7.                   Salcombe Harbour Authority: Asset Management & Business Planning – to consider a report on the progress that is being made by the Council in its commitment to Asset Management (pages 15 to 17).

Report

8.                   Scoble Transit Lights – to consider a report which seeks to update the Board on the progress of the investigation to establish new arrangements for the Scoble Transits (pages 18 to 20).

Report

9.                   Staffing – to consider a report on the retirement of the Assistant Harbour Master and the opportunity that this created to examine options for the restructuring of the Harbour Authority (pages 21 to 22).

Report

10.              Booming Exercise and Oil Pollution Response Training 22-23 November 2004 – to consider a report detailing the role of Salcombe Harbour whilst playing host to an oil pollution exercise in November (pages 23 to 24).

Report

11.              Topical Harbour Issues – to consider a report which seeks to inform the Board of any interesting current or future issues (pages 25 to 27).

Report

12.       Exclusion of Public and Press - to consider the following resolution to exclude the public and press:-

“That in accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business as the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 8 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act is involved”.

13.              Watertight Security: The Harbour Board’s Night Security Patrol Contractor – A briefing.

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N.B.    Legal and financial officers will not, as a general rule, be present throughout all meetings, but will be on standby if required.  Members are requested to advise the Member Support Service in advance of the meeting if they require any information of a legal or financial nature.

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MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO SIGN THE ATTENDANCE REGISTER

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