| 1 | TO APPROVE THE RECORD OF THE FOLLOWING MEETING: |
| | | | • | 20 November 2008 (Special)
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| | • | 3 December 2008 |
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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 | PRESENTATIONS BY KENT POLICE AND MEDWAY COUNCIL ROAD SAFETY TEAM |
| 6 | TO CONSIDER REPORTS AS FOLLOWS: |
| | (A) | Portfolio Holder for Frontline Services in attendance (Holding the executive to account) |
| | | The Portfolio Holder for Frontline Services will attend the meeting to give account of his performance against the Council's targets in his portfolio.
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| | > Portfolio Holder for Frontline Services in attendance (pdf file 27.2kb) |
| | (B) | Petitions (Petitions) |
| | | The report advises the Committee of the petitions presented to the Mayor at Council meetings including a summary of officers' responses to the petitioners.
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| A petition has also been referred to the Committee for consideration, in accordance with the Council's Constitution, as the petitioners are dissatisfied with the response they received.
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| | > Petitions (pdf file 1.1Mb) |
| | (C) | Planning of central Strood (Policy development) |
| | | This report responds to a request by the Committee that officers report back with a timetable for producing a 'Strood Town Centre Action Plan'. |
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| | > Planning of Central Strood (pdf file 40.8kb) |
| | (D) | Regeneration Framework 2008/2009 Progress Report (Business management) |
| | | The report details progress against priorities and gives an update on a stakeholder engagement initiative and delivery priorities until 2011. It also seeks Members' views on priorities to be monitored over the next twelve months. |
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| | > Regeneration Framework 2008-2009 Progress report (pdf file 37.1kb) |
| | (E) | Local Transport Plan - Delivery report (Business management) |
| | | This report informs Members of the key aspects of the submitted Local Transport Plan (LTP) mid-term Delivery Report and the government response. |
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| | > Local Transport Plan - Delivery report (pdf file 53.3kb) |
| | (F) | 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.
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| | > Revenue and Capital budget proposals 2009-2010 (pdf file 94.5kb) |
| | (G) | Work programme (Business management) |
| | | The report advises the Committee of the current work programme. It gives Members the opportunity to shape and direct the Committee's activities for the forthcoming year. |
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| | > Work Programme (pdf file 40.4kb) |
| | (H) | Member's item - Medway Tunnel |
| | | This report is in response to a request from Councillor Godwin and provides information on the finances for the Medway Tunnel.
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| There is an exempt appendix for this report that provides details of the financial and business affairs of the Rochester Bridge Trust.
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| | > Member's item - Medway tunnel report (pdf file 35.8kb) |
| | (I) | Exclusion of the Press and Public |
| | | Exempt and confidential items are not available to the press and public but a brief summary of the contents may be found under each heading.
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| Any press or public that are present at the meeting may be asked to leave at this point, as the items to be discussed have sensitive information in them and the Local Government Act 1972 allows for this to happen because the information relates to information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).
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| | > Exclusion of press and public (pdf file 29.4kb) |