Resources Policy Panel - 15 February 2007
Location: Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House
RESOURCES POLICY PANEL
NOTICE AND AGENDA
For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Thursday, 15 February 2007 at 7.30pm.
Members of the Panel: -
Councillors:- | Richard Laval (Chairman) | Sarah Nelmes (Vice-Chairman) |
| Harry Davies | DavidLake |
| Geoffrey Dunne | John Pendlebury |
| Pam Hames |
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Tony Beirne, Director of Strategic Services
7 February 2007
The Policy Panel 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 Panel. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.
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1. | APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
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2. | MINUTES
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| To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 18 January 2007.
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3. | NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS
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| Items of other business notified under Council Procedural 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. | DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
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| To receive any declarations of interest.
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5. | INFORMATION STRATEGY
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| This report seeks Members' comments and approval of the draft Information Strategy for the Council. This Strategy is an updated version of the document originally agreed at the meeting of the Resources Policy Panel held on 29 April 2004 and the subsequent Executive Committee held on 24 May 2004.
 | 07 02 15 RS i - (05) information strategy. DOWNLOAD |
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6. | PROCUREMENT CARDS
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| The purpose of this report is to seek approval to the issue of procurement cards to key staff, where the use of this type of purchasing can add value.
| 07 02 15 RS i - (06) procurement cards. DOWNLOAD |
| 07 02 15 RS i - (06) procurement cards-app. DOWNLOAD |
| 07 02 15 RS i - (06) procurement cards-app b. DOWNLOAD |
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7. | SICKNESS ABSENCE MONITORING - UPDATE
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| The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the effectiveness of improvements to the processes for sickness management in relation to improving the Council's position for Performance Indicator BV12.
| 07 02 15 RS i - (07) sickness monitoring absence update. DOWNLOAD |
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8. | COMPENSATORY BENEFITS ON DISMISSAL FOR REDUNDANCY AND IN THE INTERESTS OF EFFICIENCY OF THE SERVICE
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| To update on changes in legislation in respect of providing compensatory benefits under the Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 and to consider proposals for a revised policy for compensation for redundancy and efficiency of the service dismissals in TRDC.
| 07 02 15 RS i - (08) compensatory benefits. DOWNLOAD |
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9. | RESOURCES POLICY PANEL'S WORK PROGRAMME
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| To review and make necessary changes to the Policy Panel's work programme.
| 07 02 15 RS i - (09) work prog. DOWNLOAD |
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10. | OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under Item 3 above.
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11. | EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
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| "that under Section 100A (4) 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 paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act." It has been decided by the Council 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 item(s).
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1. | CASH COLLECTION SERVICES
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| To obtain approval to restrict the cash collection service to two suppliers under the Contract Procedure Rules.
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2. | OTHER BUSINESS - if approved under Item 3 above.
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