1. | APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
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2. | MINUTES
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| To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Executive Committee meeting held on 7 January 2008.
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3. | NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS
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| Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 31 to be announced, together with the special circumstances which justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.
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4. | DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
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| To receive any declarations of interest.
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RESOURCES
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5. | CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE RESOURCES POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
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| To receive the recommendation from the Resources Policy and Scrutiny Committee held on 24 January 2008 in relation to the following item on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 4 February 2008.
08 02 04 EX i - (05) resources recs DOWNLOAD
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5a. | LAND AT GROVE CRESCENT, CROXLEY GREEN
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| To consider the sale of land at Grove Crescent, Croxley Green following monitoring of car park usage.
08 02 04 EX i - (5a) land grove crescent DOWNLOAD
08 02 04 EX i - (5a) land grove crescent-car park mon-app DOWNLOAD
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LEISURE
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6. | CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LEISURE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
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| To receive the recommendation of the Leisure and Community Safety Policy and Scrutiny Committee held on 15 January 2008 in relation to the following items on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 4 February 2008:
08 02 04 EX i - (6a) new env and ground maint contracts DOWNLOAD
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6a. | NEW ENVIRONMENTAL MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS
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| To outline various options that the Council may wish to consider including within the next Environmental and Grounds Maintenance Contracts.
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6b. | WILLIAM PENN LEISURE CENTRE REFURBISHMENT – PROGRESS REPORT
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| To update Members on the refurbishment of William Penn Leisure Centre.
08 02 04 EX i - (6b) william penn DOWNLOAD
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6c. | SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN
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| To present to the Committee a proposed Council policy for Safeguarding Children.
08 02 04 EX i - (6c) safeguarding children DOWNLOAD08 02 04 EX i - (6c) safeguarding children-app a DOWNLOAD08 02 04 EX i - (6c) safeguarding children-app b DOWNLOAD
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7. | CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LEISURE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY POLICY & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE AND PUBLIC SERVICES AND HEALTH POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
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| To receive the recommendation of the Leisure and Community Safety Policy and Scrutiny Committee held on 15 January 2008 and Public Services and Health Policy and Scrutiny Committee held on 10 January 2008 in relation to following Item on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 4 February 2008.
08 02 04 EX i - (07) leis and public serv recs DOWNLOAD
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7a. | NEW ENVIRONMENTAL MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS
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| To outline various options that the Council may wish to consider including within the next Environmental and Grounds Maintenance Contracts. (Please see report 6a).
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SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
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8. | CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
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| To receive the recommendation of the Sustainable Environment Policy and Scrutiny Committee on 22 January 2008 in relation to Draft New Housing Allocations Policy
08 02 04 EX i - (8a) draft new housing allocation policy DOWNLOAD08 02 04 EX i - (8a) draft new housing allocation policy-app a DOWNLOAD |
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9. | UPDATE ON REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR GADE VIEW GARDENS
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| To seek approval to increase the number of affordable units on the Gade View Gardens site and reduced capital receipt for the transfer of land at Gade View Gardens to Home Group Housing Association. To be confirmed.
08 02 04 EX i - (09) gade view gardens DOWNLOAD
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PUBLIC SERVICES AND HEALTH
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10. | CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICES AND HEALTH POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
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| To receive the recommendation of the Public Services & Health Policy & Scrutiny Committee held on 10 January 2008 in relation to following Items on the agenda for the Executive Committee on 4 February 2008.
08 02 04 EX i - (10) public serv recs DOWNLOAD
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10a. | CEMETERY DATABASE
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| To advise members of the benefits of purchasing a cemetery database.
08 02 04 EX i - (10a) cemetery database DOWNLOAD
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10b. | NEW ENVIRONMENTAL MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS
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| To outline various options that the Council may wish to consider including within the next Environmental and Grounds Maintenance Contracts. (Please see report 6a)
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10c. | REDUCING 14 DAY TARGET FOR FIRST PEST CONTROL APPOINTMENT TO 7 DAYS
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| To report on the implications of reducing the current 14 day target for a first pest control appointment to 7 days and achieving this target 98% of the time in line with all other Environmental Health Performance targets and to advise on resource implications to achieve this.
08 02 04 EX i - (10c) reducing pest control DOWNLOAD
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GENERAL
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11. | HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL – CONSULTATION ON SCHOOL ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR 2009/10
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| To inform Members of two consultation documents published by the County Council and to ascertain whether the Executive Committee wishes to make a formal response.
08 02 04 EX i - (11) hcc consultations DOWNLOAD
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12. | SHARED SERVICES
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| To update Members on the Shared Services project
08 02 04 EX i - (12) shared services update DOWNLOAD08 02 04 EX i - (12) shared services update-app2 DOWNLOAD
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13. | STRATEGIC, SERVICE AND FINANCIAL PLANNING - INTRODUCTION
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| This report is an introduction to the six agenda items that follow
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14. | STRATEGIC PLANNING – THE STRATEGIC PLAN 2008-2011
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| The purpose of this report is to allow consideration of the Council’s Strategic Plan for the period 2008-2011
See Report 13 above.
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15. | SERVICE PLANNING – SERVICE PLANS 2008-2011
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| The purpose of this report is to allow consideration of the service plans for the period 2008-2011
See Report 13 above.
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16. | FINANCIAL PLANNING – HOUSING STOCK TRANSFER AND HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT
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| This report gives the financial implications of the housing stock transfer, the position on the Housing Revenue Account and, to enable recovery action to be taken on outstanding rents, recommends, in collaboration with Thrive Homes Ltd, the rent increases for 2008/09
See Report 13 above.
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17. | FINANCIAL PLANNING – GENERAL FUND SERVICES
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| The purpose of this report is to allow the Executive Committee to recommend to the Council the service levels and outputs it wishes to see in the medium term and the associated General Fund budget. This budget is a component of the 2008/2009 Council Tax calculations.
See Report 13 above.
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18. | FINANCIAL PLANNING – CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMME
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| The purpose of this report is to allow the Executive Committee to recommend to the Council its capital investment programme, in the light of the available funding. It also seeks approval of the Council’s Treasury Management Strategy for 2008/2009 in accordance with its Treasury Management Policy Statement.
See Report 13 above.
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19. | STRATEGIC, SERVICE AND FINANCIAL PLANNING RECOMMENDATIONS
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| This report enables the Committee to make its recommendations on the strategic, service and financial plans to the Council on 19 February 2008
See Report 13 above.
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20. | OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above
08 02 04 EX i - (20) east of eng plan DOWNLOAD
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21. | EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
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| If the Committee wishes to consider the remaining item in private, it will be appropriate for a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-
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| | “that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act. It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
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| | (Note: If other confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional items).
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LEISURE |
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1. | SOUTH OXHEY PLAYING FIELDS SKATE/BMX AREA TENDER OUTCOME
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| The purpose of this report is to inform members that the tender price for the skate/bmx area in South Oxhey Playing Fields has exceeded the agreed capital budget. Officers are therefore requesting that Members approve budget virements from within the Leisure Service’s budget to obtain the required finances to proceed with the project as originally planned.
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2. | OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above |