| 1 | TO APPROVE THE RECORD OF THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS: |
| | | | • | 4 June 2007
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| | • | 13 June 2007 |
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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) | Medium term financial plan - TO FOLLOW |
| | | Members have requested to see the Medium term financial plan setting out the Council's strategy for a four year period and establishing the financial framework within which service planning will take place. This report will be considered by the Cabinet on 25 September 2007. |
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| | > Medium Term Financial Plan cover report (pdf file 8.8kb) |
| | > Appendix A (pdf file 39.2kb) |
| | (B) | Critical success factors |
| | | This report is to inform Members about the progress against the Council's main priorities during the first quarter of this financial year, as indicated through the monitoring of the defined critical success factor indicators (CSFs). Members are asked to scrutinise the Council's performance against these key objectives. This report covers the period April 2007 to June 2007. |
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| | > Critical success factors (pdf file 121.4kb) |
| | (C) | Work programme |
| | | Members are asked to consider whether to make any alterations to the work programme. |
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| | > Work programme - appendix (pdf file 15.3kb) |
| | > Work programme (pdf file 9.7kb) |
| | (D) | Strood Riverside |
| | | To advise Members of the background in relation to the negotiations in respect of the compulsory purchase order at Strood Riverside, and to report on the current position.
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| | > Strood Riverside - CPO Plan (pdf file 293.4kb) |
| | > Strood Riverside (pdf file 14.9kb) |
| | (E) | Exclusion of the press and public |
| | | The appendices to the report above contain information which is not for publication under paragraphs 3 and 5 of part 1 of schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as they contain legal and commercially sensitive information which, if disclosed, would prejudice negotiations. It is considered the need to keep information exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. |
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| | > Exclusion of the press and public (pdf file 8.8kb) |