AGENDA - Scrutiny, 17 February 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 Group held on 13 January 2005 .

 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.           Matters (if any) referred to the Group under Part 4 (18) Rules of Procedure – Call-in of decisions where Members of Scrutiny have evidence which suggests that the Executive did not take the decision in accordance with the principles set out in Article 13 (Decision Making).

 6.         Fundamental Service Review Annual Reviews:

 Members are reminded that Scrutiny’s role in relation to FSRs and the Annual Reviews is to co-ordinate the programme of reviews, receive and assess the rigour of reports and monitor the progress of Action Plans (Article 6 of the Council’s Constitution).

             (a)    Forward Planning
                    Progress report

 (b)    Emergency Planning

             (c)    Licensing and Registration

             (d)    Housing
                     Appendix

7.         Community Planning/Market and Coastal Town Initiative

 (MCTi) Update - Report
                                           Appendix

8.         Performance Indicators 

            Report
            Appendix A
            Appendix B

 9.         Future Agenda Items

(a)          Leisure and Recreation Fundamental Service Review (FSR) Annual Review – Members are reminded that in view of the substantial structural changes facing this service, amongst others, towards the establishment of the new Landscape and Leisure service, it had been agreed to defer consideration of the FSR Annual Reviews for these areas until the new arrangements had bedded in (minute SC.58/04 refers).

(b)         Fundamental Service Review Annual Review Programme 2005-2010

            (c)       Proposed Future Agenda Items

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