Full Council - 20 October 2009

To:  ALL MEMBERS OF THE THREE RIVERS DISTRICT COUNCIL

You are hereby summoned to attend an ordinary meeting of the Council to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Tuesday, 20 October 2009 at 7.30pm for the purpose of transacting the under-mentioned business:-

A G E N D A
 

1.  APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
 

2.  MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Council meeting held on 14 July 2009.

3.  CHAIRMAN’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

4.  BY-ELECTION RETURN

The Returning Officer to report the result of the District Council By-Election held in the District on 24 September 2009 and that it be noted that Councillor Stephen King has been appointed to the vacancy on the Sustainable Environment Policy and Scrutiny Committees.

5.  LEADER’S REPORT

6.  RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

To consider the recommendations of the Executive Committee at its meetings

EX30/09   Budget Monitoring Report – 31 July 2009 (Month 4)

EX45/09   Budget Monitoring Report – (Month 5)

7.  QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC UNDER PROCEDURE RULE 16 

(None received.)

8.  PETITIONS UNDER PROCEDURE RULE 19

(None received.)

9.  DISCUSSION TOPIC UNDER PROCEDURE RULE 17

(None received.)



10.  MOTIONS UNDER PROCEDURE RULE 11

Councillor David Sansom, seconded by Councillor Tony Barton to move under Notice duly given as follows:

This Council believes that we should each take responsibilities for our own actions.

Cllr Whately-Smith has clearly not discharged his responsibilities for the William Penn Swimming Pool Project successfully. He has been the Member with Special Responsibility for leisure from the beginning of this project.

With no completion date in sight and having failed the residents of Three Rivers so completely Cllr Whately-Smith should resign.

11.  REPORTS AND QUESTIONS TO THE CABINET AND CHAIRMEN OF THE POLICY AND SCRUTINY, AUDIT, DEVELOPMENT CONTROL, LICENSING, SHARED SERVICES AND REGULATORY SERVICES COMMITTEES

SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

Reports from the Cabinet Member for Environment (Cllr Martin Trevett), Cabinet Member for Sustainability (Cllr Alison Scarth) and the Chairman of the Sustainable Environment Policy and Scrutiny Committee (Cllr Peter Wakeling) and questions.

LEISURE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY

Reports from the Cabinet Member for Leisure and Community (Cllr Chris Whately-Smith), Cabinet Member for Community Safety (Cllr Roger Seabourne) and the Chairman of the Leisure and Community Safety Policy and Scrutiny Committee (Cllr Steve Drury) and questions.

PUBLIC SERVICES AND HEALTH

Reports from the Cabinet Member for Public Services and Health (Cllr Phil Brading) and the Chairman of the Public Services and Health Policy and Scrutiny Committee (Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst) and questions.

RESOURCES

Reports from the Cabinet Member for Resources (Cllr Matthew Bedford) and the Chairman of the Resources Policy and Scrutiny Committee (Cllr Sarah Nelmes) and questions.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

Report from and questions to the Chairman of the Audit Committee (Cllr Peter Ray).

DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE

Report from and questions to the Chairman of the Development Control Committee (Cllr Geoffrey Dunne).

LICENSING

Report from and questions to the Chairman of the Licensing Committee (Cllr Pam Hames).

 

SHARED SERVICES

Report from and questions to the Chairman of the Joint Shared Services Committee (Cllr Brian White).

REGULATORY SERVICES

Report from and questions to the Chairman of the Regulatory Services Committee (Cllr Sara Bedford).

12.  APPOINTMENT OF A DISTRICT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE

To appoint a Community Governor at Coates Way JMI School until May 2013.

13.  REPORTS OF MEETINGS

With the exception of the Executive, Regulatory, Licensing, and Audit Committees recommendations to Council, the following reports are submitted for information only:-

 

Audit Committee	9 September 2009
Development Control Committee	16 July 2009
Development Control Committee	20 August 2009
Development Control Committee	17 September 2009
Executive Committee	7 September 2009
Executive Committee	5 October 2009
Leisure and Community Safety Policy and Scrutiny Committee	21 July 2009
Leisure and Community Safety Policy and Scrutiny Committee	8 September 2009
Licensing Committee	12 August 2009
Public Services and Health Policy and Scrutiny Committee	23 July 2009
Public Services and Health Policy and Scrutiny Committee	10 September 2009
Resources Policy and Scrutiny Committee	3 September 2009
Extraordinary Resources Policy and Scrutiny Committee	1 October 2009
Regulatory Services Committee	12 August 2009
Regulatory Services Committee	7 October 2009
Sustainable Environment Policy and Scrutiny Committee	15 September 2009
Joint Shared Services Committee	14 September 2009

14.  EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

If the Council wishes to consider the remaining item in private, it will be appropriate for a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-

 “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 paragraphs (3 and 5) 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.  WILLIAM PENN LEISURE CENTRE

To update Members on the refurbishment of William Penn Leisure Centre (to follow).

David Gardner
Director of Corporate Resources and Governance
12 October 2009

 

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Rickmansworth
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