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Leisure and Community Safety Policy and Scrutiny Committee - 15 January 2008

Location: Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Dickinson Room, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth on Tuesday, 15 January 2008 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Policy and Scrutiny Committee:-

Councillors:-	Steve Drury (Chairman)	Susan Bartrick (Vice Chairman)
	Tony Barton	Phil Redshaw
	Mary Connolly	Alison Scarth
	Richard Laval	Len Tippen
	Keith Peutherer

Steven Halls, Chief Executive
7 January 2008

The Policy and Scrutiny Committee welcomes contributions from members of the public to its 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 Committee. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.


1.	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.	MINUTES

	To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 27 November 2007 (copy enclosed for Members of the Policy and Scrutiny Committee). 07 11 27 LC mins DOWNLOAD

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.

	SCRUTINY INTERNAL

5.	FINANCIAL POSITION STATEMENT & BUDGET MONITORING REPORT – NOVEMBER 2007 (MONTH 8)

	This report gives an update of the three-year medium-term financial plan and the position on the current year’s budget for the period ending on 25 November 2007 (circulated separately).

6.	PRIORITIES FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE 2008-2011

	The purpose of this report is to allow the Committee to recommend to the Executive Committee its priorities for capital expenditure. 08 01 15 LC i - (06) capital prioritisation DOWNLOAD 08 01 15 LC i - (06) capital priorities - ls DOWNLOAD

7.	PRIORITIES FOR REVENUE EXPENDITURE 2008-2011

	The purpose of this report is to allow the Committee to recommend to the Executive Committee its priorities for revenue expenditure. 08 01 15 LC i - (07) revenue expenditure 08-11 DOWNLOAD 08 01 15 LC i - (07) revenue growth bids-app 2 DOWNLOAD

	POLICY/PRE-SCRUTINY

8.	LEISURE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE’S WORK PROGRAMME

	To agree the Policy and Scrutiny Committee’s work programme. 08 01 15 LC i - (08) work prog DOWNLOAD

9.	GREENSPACE UPDATE

	To update Members of the progress to date on Green Flag, the successful Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund bid for the Aquadrome, and to provide a copy of the Park Ranger Job Description for Leavesden Country Park. 08 01 15 LC i - (09) green space DOWNLOAD 08 01 15 LC i - (09) leis recs park ranger jd DOWNLOAD

10.	NEW ENVIRONMENTAL MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS

	To outline various options that the Council may wish to consider including within the next Environmental and Grounds Maintenance Contracts. 08 01 15 LC i - (10) pspp contracts DOWNLOAD 08 01 15 LC i - (10) pspp contracts-app DOWNLOAD

11.	WILLIAM PENN LEISURE CENTRE REFURBISHMENT – PROGRESS REPORT

	To update members on the refurbishment of William Penn Leisure Centre. 08 01 15 LC i - (11) william penn DOWNLOAD

12.	SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN

	To present to Committee a proposed Council policy for Safeguarding Children. 08 01 15 LC i - (12) safeguarding children DOWNLOAD 08 01 15 LC i - (12) safeguarding children-app 1 DOWNLOAD 08 01 15 LC i - (12) safeguarding children-app 2 DOWNLOAD

13.	OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under item 3 above.

14.	EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

	If any confidential business is approved under Item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional item(s).

	“that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraphs (1 to 7) 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.”

1.	OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under Item 3 above.