Resources Policy and Scrutiny Committee - 12 June 2008


Location: Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Thursday, 12 June 2008 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Committee: -

Councillors:-

Richard Laval (Chairman)

Chris Lloyd

 

Graham Denman

Peter Ray

 

Geoffrey Dunne

Sarah Nelmes (Vice-Chairman)

 

Francis Durham

Ralph Sangster

 

Paul Goggins

 

David Gardner, Director of Corporate Resources & Governance
4 June 2008

The 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 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 24 April 2008 (circulated separately to Members of the Committee).

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3.

NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS

 

 

 

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.

 

 

4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

 

 

 

To receive any declarations of interest.

 

 

 

POLICY

 

 

 

SCRUTINY

 

 

 

 

5.

SHARED SERVICES TASK AND FINISH GROUP

 

 

 

To agree a replacement for Councillor Ron Spellen on the Shared Services task and finish group. 

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6.

SERVICE PLAN 2007/10 MONITORING AND REPORTING FRAMEWORK

 

 

 

The purpose of reporting the Service Plan to the Committee is to enable Members to monitor ongoing performance up to the year end against a range of issues and to question the Head of Service on these and other service related matters

 

 

 

a)  Exchequer Services

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b)  Personnel and Training

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c)  Legal

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d)  PFM

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e)  Accountancy

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f)  Customer Service Centre

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g)  ICT

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h)  Corporate Development

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i)  Democratic Services

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WORK PROGRAMME

 

 

7.

RESOURCES POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME

 

 

 

To review and make necessary changes to the Policy & Scrutiny Committee’s work programme.

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8.

OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under Item 3 above.

 

 

9.

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) and a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-

 

“that under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under the respective paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act”.

 

 

1.

OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under Item 3 above.