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    AT A MEETING of the POLICY AND RESOURCES POLICY REVIEW Item 2

COMMITTEE of the COUNTY COUNCIL held at The Castle, Winchester on 27 May, 2004.

PRESENT

    Councillors: S.A. Hayes (Chairman); I.F.E. Beagley; J.V. Bryant; M.F. Cartwright; P.J. Chegwyn; B.D. Dash; C. Davidovitz; R.J. Ellis; Mrs. C. Leversha; T. Ludlow;

P.A. Pierce; A.W. Rice; M.J. Roberts; J.G.L. Wall; J.K. West; W.H. Wheeler.

203 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

All Members who believe they have a personal or a personal prejudicial interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting must declare their personal interest and having regard to the circumstances described in paragraphs 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the County Council's Code of Conduct, consider whether to leave the meeting whilst the matter was discussed.

204 MINUTES

The Minutes of the meeting held on 25 March, 2004 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Arising thereon:

Alton Material Recovery Facility (Minute 192)

The Chairman reported that negotiations with Hampshire Waste Services were still to be completed after which a report on the Alton Material Recovery Facility would be presented to the Committee.

205 CHAIRMAN'S COMMUNICATIONS

The Chairman reported his intention to meet with Councillors A.P. Collett, P.A. Pierce and W.H. Wheeler, the 3 Vice-Chairmen of the Committee as appointed by the County Council on 20 May 2004. It was noted that, as a result of the County Council's decision to synchronise PRC meetings more closely with Executive decision making, it had been necessary to cancel the Policy and Resources PRC meetings on
24 June and 21 October 2004 and to convene new meetings instead on 8 July and
4 November.

206 MEMBERS' QUESTIONS

There were no Members' questions.

207 DEPUTATIONS

There were no deputations.

208 CROSS-CUTTING PASSENGER TRANSPORT BEST VALUE REVIEW - PROGRESS REPORT

The Committee considered the report of the Director of Environment (Item 6 in the Minute Book) on progress with regard to the Cross-Cutting Passenger Transport Best Value Review.

RESOLVED:

That the inclusion of the outcomes of the Best Value report with the second Local Transport Plan be agreed.

209 PROJECT BRIEF FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEST VALUE REVIEW (PHASE 1 CONSULTATION)

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Executive (Item 7 in the Minute Book) on the project brief for the Best Value Review of Community Engagement.

RESOLVED:

That the Best Value review of Community Engagement proceeds in accordance with the approach and timetable outlined in the submitted project brief.

210 TRADING STANDARDS NATIONAL PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK

The Committee considered the report of the Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services (Item 8 in the Minute Book) on the Trading Standards National Performance Service Plan.

During a full discussion Members commended the report and the work of the Trading Standards Office. However, with regard to the Plan itself they felt that "youth" was of sufficient importance to be identified as a separate key local priority, that the Committee should receive an update on the impact of those initiatives identified in the 2004/05 Service Plan and consider at a future meeting resourcing issues affecting the Trading Standards Service. Also, they wished the Government to amend the law with regard to making corporate owners of licensed premises responsible for under age sales of alcohol.

Accordingly, it was

RESOLVED:

That the Committee advises the Executive Member of the Policy and Resources as follows:-

- the National Performance Framework Service Plan be approved, subject to a
request to Cabinet for "youth" to be identified as a separate key local priority
rather than it being merged with `crime and deprivation' as at present.



- the County Council be asked to write to the Government asking for the law to be
amended to make corporate owners of licensed premises responsible for under
age sales of alcohol.

- a future report be prepared on the resourcing issues currently facing Trading
Standards and their ability to deliver appropriate services to the Community of
Hampshire .

- future annual reports contain quantative information on the impact of the
Service's 2004/05 initiatives, including an update on the top 10 problem traders.

211 COMPLIMENTS AND COMPLAINTS

The Committee considered the reports of the Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services, the Chief Executive, the County Treasurer and the County Personnel and Training Officer (Item 9 Annexes 1 to 4 in the Minute Book) on the monitoring of compliments and complaints about their departments.

RESOLVED:

      (i) That the reports be noted.

      (ii) That the Committee continues to receive similar reports on an annual basis.

212 ITEM REQUESTED BY COUNCILLOR P.A. PIERCE FOR A FUTURE REPORT

The Committee considered a request by Councillor P.A. Pierce that a future report be prepared on the district councils' arrangements for local collection of green waste.

The Director of Environment reported that the Project Integra Best Value Team would shortly be undertaking work which would include this issue. As a result, it was felt that the Committee should be sent a copy of the Best Value Team's report, prior to a subsequent report being prepared, if required, to a future meeting of this Committee.

213 COMMITTEE'S TIMETABLE AND FUTURE DECISIONS

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Executive (Item 11 in the Minute Book) on forthcoming key-decisions which may be made by the Executive Member for Policy and Resources and on the Committee's timetable of future items.

      (i) That the report be noted.

      (ii) That the key decisions on Ashburton Court, Winchester redevelopment be brought to the Committee for their advice prior to the matter being considered by the Executive Member for Policy and Resources.

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