Archived decisions
To the Members of the County Council.
You are hereby summoned to the meeting of the County Council to be held at The Castle, Winchester at 10.00am on THURSDAY 10 JULY 2008 to consider and resolve upon the business set out in the Agenda below. There will be a short service of prayer at the beginning of the meeting.
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2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
All Members who believe they have a personal or prejudicial interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting must declare that 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 is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with paragraph 12 of the Code. The declaration should be made at the time of the relevant debate.
3. MINUTES
To confirm the Minutes of the meeting held on 15 May 2008.
4. DEPUTATIONS - HAMPSHIRE MINERALS PLAN
Deputations have been received from the following:
1. Mrs M Hazel of Over Wallop (represented by Dreweatt Neate)
2. Mr E Broadbent of Hamble
3. Mr M Badcock of Burley Street
4. Miss J Dajka of Hamble
5. Kay Hymers of Hamble
6. Mr M Cox of Hythe
7. Mr J McKenna of Hamble
8. Mr M Nicholson of Hamble
9. Mrs P Hynd of Hamble
10. Mr T McWilliam of Hamble
11. Emma Westmacott of Hamble
12. Mr M Denton of Hamble
13. Mr M Hearnden of Catisfield
5. CHAIRMAN'S COMMUNICATIONS
To receive such communications as the Chairman may wish to put before the Council.
6. LEADER'S REPORT
To receive such reports as the Leader of the Council may wish to make to the Council.
7. QUESTIONS UNDER STANDING ORDER 20(b)
The list of questions received will be circulated at the meeting. Where a member has submitted more than one question, their second and subsequent questions will not be answered until all other members' first questions have been dealt with.
Part 1 - Matters for decision
8. APPOINTMENTS
To make such alterations in the membership of committees, panels and/or outside bodies which are not subject to proportionality rules as the Council may think fit, including:
a) Children and Young People Select Committee Vice Chairman - the Leader proposes the appointment of Councillor Edgar.
b) AER Committee 1- the Leader proposes the appointment of Councillor Kendal in place of Councillor Woodhall.
9. HAMPSHIRE MINERALS PLAN
To consider the Cabinet's recommendations.
10. HAMPSHIRE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEGY
a) Covering report providing a high level summary of the Strategy, setting out the background and the key Ambitions;
b) The full Hampshire Sustainable Community Strategy - for approval by the County Council;
c) Summary of the Local Area Agreement (LAA) setting out the Themes and the Improvement Priorities, as agreed by the Cabinet - for information.
11. PARTNERSHIP FOR URBAN SOUTH HAMPSHIRE (PUSH) BUSINESS PLAN 2008/11
To consider the Cabinet's recommendations concerning the PUSH Business Plan 2008/11.
12. POLICY ON MINIMUM REVENUE PROVISION TO REPAY DEBT AND THE APPROVAL OF PRUDENTIAL INDICATORS.
To consider the Cabinet's recommendation associated with this element of the County Council's final accounts.
13. NOTICE OF MOTION - POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNT
Councillor Carew, seconded by Councillor Collett, to move (summarised):
That the Leader write to Hampshire MPs, and urge them to sign Early Day Motion (EDM) 1506 to demand that the Post Office Card Account (POCA2) remains with the Post Office and that the Leader also write to Sir Simon Milton, Leader of the Local Government Association (LGA), to put pressure on councils and MPs up and down the UK to support this EDM.
14. NOTICE OF MOTION - VOLUNTEER DRIVERS TAX FREE MILEAGE THRESHOLD
Councillor Mrs Porter, seconded by Councillor Dash, to move (summarised)
That with immediate effect the threshold be increased to 15,000 miles to reflect more realistically the number of miles driven by volunteer drivers without profit.
Part 2 - Matters for Information
15. HAMPSHIRE POLICE AUTHORITY..........................................................
a) To deal with any questions submitted pursuant to Standing Order 20(d) concerning the discharge of the Authority's functions.
b) To receive the report of the Authority; questions may be put to the Police Authority's spokesperson on the content of the report.
16. HAMPSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY........................................
a) To deal with any questions which have been submitted pursuant to Standing Order 20(e) concerning the discharge of the Authority's functions.
b) To receive the report of the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority; questions may be put to the Chairman of the Authority on the content of the report.
17. REPORTS FOR INFORMATION
To receive the reports of the following on matters dealt with in accordance with the County Council's scheme of delegation:
a) The Cabinet/Leader.................................................................................
b) Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.............................................
c) Executive Lead Member for Children's Services and Executive Member for Children and Families.........................................................
d) Executive Member for Environment.......................................
e) Executive Member for Recreation, Heritage and Communities.........
f) Executive Member for Adult Social Care...............................................
18. CABINET PORTFOLIO CHANGES
As required by Part 1 Chapter 15 of the Constitution, the portfolio changes announced by the Leader wef 1 June 2008 are reported for the Council's information. The report of the Chief Executive is circulated with this agenda.
Andrew Smith, OBE,MA,DPA,MBA Chief Executive,
The Castle,
Winchester.
2 July 2008