Joint Meeting - Public Services and Health Policy and Scrutiny Committee and Leisure and Community Safety Policy and Scrutiny Committee - 14 January 2009

Councillors:-

Stephen Giles-Medhurst

Phil Redshaw

Barbara Green

Russell Smith

Kemal Butt

Kate Turner

Leighton Dann

Brian White

Joy Mann

Councillors:-

Steve Drury

Susan Bartrick

Tony Barton

Peter Ray

Mary Connolly

Phil Redshaw

Brian Norman

Russell Smith

Keith Peutherer

The Policy and Scrutiny Committees welcome contributions from members of the public to discussion on agenda items.  Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes.  Please note that, in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Policy and Scrutiny Committees.  Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

1.

APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN

2.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

3.

NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS

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.

4.

DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.
 

5.

OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above.

6.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

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:-

“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.”

(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).

1.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT AWARD

To advise members on the outcome of the evaluation of the Grounds Maintenance and Environmental Maintenance Contracts, in order for a recommendation to be made to the Executive Committee (report to follow).

2.

OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3.