| 1 | TO APPROVE THE RECORD OF THE FOLLOWING MEETING: |
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| 2 | TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE |
| 3 | URGENT MATTERS BY REASON OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES |
| | | The Chairman will announce any late items which do not appear on the main agenda but which he has agreed should be considered by reason of special circumstances to be specified in the reports. |
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| 4 | DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST |
| | | | (a) | Personal interests under the Medway Code of Conduct
A Councillor who declares a personal interest in a matter, including the nature of the interest, may stay, speak and vote on the matter.
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| | (b) | Prejudicial interests under the Medway Code of Conduct
A Councillor who declares a personal and prejudicial interest in a matter, including the nature of the interest, must withdraw from the room and take no part in the debate or vote on the matter.
Councillors who have declared a personal and prejudicial interest may make representations, answer questions and give evidence before leaving the room but only if members of the public are allowed to attend for the same purpose.
If an interest is not declared at the outset of the meeting, it should be disclosed as soon as the interest becomes apparent.
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| | (c) | Whipping - the Council's constitution also requires any Member of the Committee who is subject to a party whip (i.e. agreeing to vote in line with the majority view of a private party group meeting) to declare the existence of the whip and the nature of it before the item is discussed. |
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| 5 | TO CONSIDER REPORTS AS FOLLOWS: |
| | (A) | Portfolio Holder for Finance in attendance (Holding the executive to account) |
| | | The Portfolio Holder for Finance will attend the meeting to give account of his performance against the Council's targets in his portfolio of finance. |
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| | > Portfolio Holder for Finance and Deputy Leader (pdf file 19.6kb) |
| | (B) | Call-in: Various property disposals (Fitzharold House) |
| | | This report details the call-in request from the Liberal Democrat Group of Cabinet decision 07/2009. |
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| | > Call-in of various property disposals (Fitzharold House) (pdf file 17.0kb) |
| | > Appendix A (pdf file 1.1Mb) |
| | (C) | Draft Capital and Revenue Budget proposals 2009/2010 (Budget scrutiny) |
| | | This report presents for consideration the Cabinet's draft Capital and Revenue Budgets for 2009/2010 in respect of business support proposals. |
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| | > Capital and revenue budget (pdf file 49.3kb) |
| | > Appendix 1 (pdf file 7.4kb) |
| | > Appendix 2 (pdf file 10.3kb) |
| | > Appendix 3 (pdf file 7.6kb) |
| | (D) | Draft Council Plan (Performance Management) |
| | | This report presents the draft Council Plan 2009-2012 prior to consideration by Cabinet on 17 February 2009. |
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| | > Council Plan (pdf file 88.7kb) |
| | > Appendix (pdf file 111.0kb) |
| | (E) | Draft Capital and Revenue Budget proposals 2009/2010 (Report back from other Overview and Scrutiny Committees) (Budget scrutiny) |
| | | This report presents for consideration the comments and recommendations of all Overview and Scrutiny Committees on the initial budget plan for 2009/2010 proposed by Cabinet on 25 November 2008. |
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| | > Capital and revenue budgets (all) (pdf file 30.4kb) |
| | (F) | Critical success factors - April-December 2008 (Quarter 3) (Performance management) |
| | | This report informs Members about the progress against the Council's main priorities during the first three quarters as measured by the Council's agreed set of critical success factors. |
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| | > Critical success factors (pdf file 149.9kb) |
| | (G) | Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme (Budget scrutiny) |
| | | This report provides Members with an update on the Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme for 2008/2009. |
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| | > HRA Capital Monitoring 2008-2009 (pdf file 30.5kb) |
| | (H) | Housing Revenue Account Capital and Revenue Budgets 2009/2010 (Budget scrutiny) |
| | | This report details the Housing Revenue Account Revenue and Capital Budgets 2009/2010 and seeks approval for the next rent levels commencing April 2009. |
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| | > HRA Budget 2009-2010 (pdf file 1.2Mb) |
| | (I) | Capital Budget Monitoring and Revenue Budget Monitoring (Budget scrutiny) |
| | | Members will be invited to ask the Chief Finance Officer any questions in relation to the Capital and Revenue Monitoring reports that went to Cabinet on 27 January 2009.
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| Members are asked to bring their Cabinet agendas with them to the meeting. |
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| | (J) | Work programme |
| | | Members are asked if they wish to make changes to the work programme and to note the activity across all Overview and Scrutiny Committees over the last cycle and for the next cycle. |
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| | > Work programme (pdf file 22.5kb) |
| | > Appendix 1 (pdf file 15.9kb) |
| | > Appendix 2 (pdf file 10.8kb) |
| | > Appendix 3 (pdf file 1.0Mb) |