Scrutiny Panel - 26 March 2007
Location: Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House
SCRUTINY PANEL
NOTICE AND AGENDA
For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth on Monday 26 March 2007 at 7.30pm
Members of the Scrutiny Panel :-
Councillors | David Sansom (Chairman) | Chris Lloyd |
| Francis Durham (Vice-Chairman) | Keith Peutherer |
| Chris Brearley CB | Russell Smith |
| Paul Goggins | |
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Tony Beirne, Director of Strategic Services
16 March 2007
The 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 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 26 February 2007. (copy circulated for Members of the Panel)
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3. | NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS
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| 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.
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4. | DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
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| To receive any declarations of interest.
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5. | REVIEW OF HERTS COUNTY COUNCIL SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE - RESPONSE TO LETTER FROM HERTS COUNTY COUNCIL
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| This report provides Members with a draft letter seeking clarification of the response provided by Herts County Council regarding this review.
 | 07 03 26 SC i - (05) hcc for young people. DOWNLOAD |
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6. | MANAGEMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
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| To note the proposals to improve the Democratic Process.
| 07 03 26 SC i - (06) management of democratic process. DOWNLOAD |
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7. | STRATEGIC PLAN - PROSPEROUS COMMUNITIES
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| To receive a presentation from the Director of Strategic Services, to show the work to reduce pockets of deprivation across the district. See 3.2 of the Strategic Plan. Briefing note attached
| 07 03 26 SC i - (07) briefing note strategic plan. DOWNLOAD |
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8. | SCRUTINY RECOMMENDATIONS
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| To receive an update on the outcome of decisions made by this Panel.
| 07 03 26 SC i - (08) scrutiny recs. DOWNLOAD |
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9. | SCRUTINY PANEL'S WORK PROGRAMME
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| To agree the Scrutiny Panel's work programme.
| 07 03 26 SC i - (09) work programme. DOWNLOAD |
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10. | FORWARD PLAN
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| The Forward Plan is presented in order that Members may identify suitable issues for scrutiny.
| 07 03 26 SC i - (10) forward plan. DOWNLOAD |
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11. | OTHER BUSINESS - If approved under item 3 above.
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12. | EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
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| If the Committee wishes to consider the remaining items in private, it will be appropriate for a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-
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| "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 the relevant paragraph 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.
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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 items.)
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1. | OTHER BUSINESS - If approved under item 3 above.
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