Meeting documents

Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Business Support
Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Meeting Room 9
Gun Wharf
Dock Road
Chatham ME4 4TR
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
6:30 pm
AGENDA
1TO APPROVE THE RECORD OF THE FOLLOWING MEETING:
 
 2 July 2009
2TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
3URGENT 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.
4DECLARATIONS 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.
 (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.
 (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.
5TO CONSIDER REPORTS AS FOLLOWS:
 (A)Work Programme (Business Management)
 
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.
 > Work programme report (pdf file 95.8kb)
 > Appendix 1 - work programme - schedule (pdf file 191.4kb)
 > Appendix 2 (pdf file 140.8kb)
 (B)First Quarter Performance Report 2009/2010 (Policy Development)
 
This report asks Members to comment on the Council's performance against targets in the Council Plan, for the first quarter.
 > Council Plan 1 Performance Report (pdf file 286.2kb)
 > Appendix 1 (pdf file 501.8kb)
 > Appendix 2 (pdf file 2.1Mb)
 (C)Local Area Agreement 2008-2011 (LAA), progress on performance (Performance Management)
 
This report updates Members on the performance targets against LAA targets.
 > Progress on LAA Performance report (pdf file 206.3kb)
 > Appendix 1 LAA 2008-2011 performance (pdf file 69.5kb)
 (D)Capital Budget monitoring (Budget scrutiny)
 
This report presents the Capital Budget monitoring to May 2009.
 > Capital Budget Monitoring 2009-2010 report (pdf file 199.1kb)
 > Appendix 1 Capital Budget Monitoring-1 (pdf file 51.0kb)
 > Appendix 1 Capital Budget Monitoring-2 (pdf file 66.9kb)
 > Appendix 1 Capital Budget Monitoring-3 (pdf file 75.4kb)
 > Appendix 1 Capital Budget Monitoring-4 (pdf file 74.4kb)
 > Appendix 1 Capital Budget Monitoring-5 (pdf file 64.9kb)
 > Appendix 1 Capital Budget Monitoring-6 (pdf file 58.6kb)
 > Appendix 2a - C&A Risks (pdf file 65.6kb)
 > Appendix 2b - RCC Risks (pdf file 57.0kb)
 (E)Revenue Budget monitoring (Budget Scrutiny)
 
This report presents the Revenue Budget monitoring to May 2009.
 > Revenue Budget Monitoring Report 2009-2010 (pdf file 140.6kb)
 > Appendix 1 General Fund Revenue Monitoring 2009 (pdf file 53.5kb)