Resources Policy and Scrutiny Committee - 28 February 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, 28 February 2008 at 7.30pm.
Members of the Committee: -
Councillors:- | Richard Laval (Chairman) | Peter Ray |
| Harry Davies | Sarah Nelmes (Vice-Chairman) |
| Geoffrey Dunne | Ralph Sangster |
| Paul Goggins | Ron Spellen |
| Chris Hayward | |
Steven Halls, Chief Executive
20 February 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.
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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 24 January 2008.
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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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| POLICY
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5. | CLEANING CONTRACT FOR WATFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL AND THREE RIVERS DISTRICT COUNCIL
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| To advise Members on the progress with the tender exercise recently undertaken and to recommend that a contract be awarded to one of the tenderers.
08 02 28 RS i - (05) cleaning contract DOWNLOAD08 02 28 RS i - (05) cleaning contract-app a DOWNLOAD08 02 28 RS i - (05) cleaning contract-app b DOWNLOAD
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6. | HERTFORDSHIRE DRAFT SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEGY
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| Hertfordshire Forward, the County Strategic Partnership has issued it’s draft Sustainable Community Strategy, ”Hertfordshire 2021 –A brighter Future” for consultation. This report provides members with officers’ analysis and comments on the draft for recommendation to the Executive Committee. Members are asked to consider any additional comments within the responsible functions of the committee so that negotiations with Hertfordshire County Council officers may commence.
08 02 28 RS i - (06) herts sust comm strat DOWNLOAD08 02 28 RS i - (06) herts sust comm strat-app a DOWNLOAD
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7. | ELECTRONIC DATA SECURITY
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| This report details measures to be taken to ensure that the electronic data used by the Council continues to be kept secure when being processed internally or taken away from the Council Offices.
08 02 28 RS i - (07) electronic data security DOWNLOAD
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8. | RESOURCES POLICY AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME
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| To review and make necessary changes to the Policy & Scrutiny Committee’s work programme.
08 02 28 RS i - (08) work prog-app DOWNLOAD
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| SCRUTINY
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9. | SERVICE PLAN 2007/10 MONITORING AND REPORTING FRAMEWORK
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| The purpose of reporting the service plans to the Committee is to enable Members to monitor ongoing performance up to the end of Quarter 3 against a range of issues and to question the Head of Service on these and other service related matters.
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| a) Personnel and Training
08 02 28 RS i - (09a) personnel and training service plan DOWNLOAD08 02 28 RS i - (09a) personnel and training service plan-app DOWNLOAD
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| b) Exchequer Services
08 02 28 RS i - (09b) exchequer service plan DOWNLOAD08 02 28 RS i - (9b) exchequer service plan-app DOWNLOAD
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| c) ICT
08 02 28 RS i - (09c) ict service plan DOWNLOAD
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| d) Accountancy
08 02 28 RS i - (09d) accountancy service plan DOWNLOAD08 02 28 RS i - (09d) accountancy service plan-app 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 item of business on the grounds that it involves 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. | OTHER BUSINESS – if approved under Item 3 above. |