| 1 | TO APPROVE THE RECORD OF THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS: |
| | | | • | 7 April 2009
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| | • | 6 May 2009 (Joint Meeting of all Committees)
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| | • | 19 May 2009 (Special 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) | Petitions (Petition) |
| | | The report advises the Committee of the petitions presented to the Mayor at Council meetings and also includes a referral for a petition in relation to Maidstone Road Sports Ground.
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| | > Final Petitions report (pdf file 117.8kb) |
| | > Petitions - Appendix A (pdf file 286.0kb) |
| | > Petitions - Appendix B (pdf file 138.2kb) |
| | > Petitions - Appendix C (pdf file 5.8Mb) |
| | (B) | A Masterplan for Central Strood (policy development) |
| | | The report, along with a presentation, introduces preliminary work undertaken to prepare a Master Plan for Central Strood. |
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| | > A masterplan for Strood (pdf file 119.4kb) |
| | (C) | Rochester Castle Conservation Plan (Pre-decision scrutiny) |
| | | To consider the proposed conservation plan for Rochester Castle.
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| | > Rochester Castle Conservation Plan Appendix (pdf file 256.8kb) |
| | > Rochester Castle Conservation Plan (pdf file 133.1kb) |
| | (D) | Contracts for the collection and disposal of waste (Pre-decision scrutiny) - to follow |
| | | This report, to follow, details work carried out by the Waste Contract Task Group and asks the Committee to recommend that Cabinet approves to award contracts for the waste collection and disposal services.
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| | > Contracts for collection and disposal of waste (pdf file 113.0kb) |
| | > Appendices 1-5 (pdf file 274.0kb) |
| | (E) | Audit Commission Regeneration Inspection feedback (Performance management) |
| | | To inform the Committee of the outcome of the Audit Commission's Regeneration Inspection and request Members to review the Council's responsive action plan.
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| | > Audit Commission Regeneration Inspection report - Appendix A (pdf file 295.0kb) |
| | > Audit Commission Regeneration Inspection report - Appendix B (pdf file 165.7kb) |
| | > Audit Commission Regeneration Inspection report (pdf file 110.8kb) |
| | (F) | Regeneration Framework 2009 - six month progress report (Performance management) |
| | | This report covers progress against funding agreements and delivery priorities until 2011 and seeks Members' views on priorities to be monitored over the next six months.
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| | > Regeneration Framework 2009 six month progress report - Appendix 1 (pdf file 112.6kb) |
| | > Regeneration Framework 2009 six month progress report (pdf file 99.5kb) |
| | (G) | Work programme (Business management) |
| | | To consider the Committee's work programme.
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| | > Work Programme - Appendix A (pdf file 104.5kb) |
| | > Work Programme - Appendix B (pdf file 108.5kb) |
| | > Work Programme report (pdf file 87.5kb) |