| 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 Community Services in attendance (Holding the executive to account) |
| | | The Portfolio Holder for Community 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 Community Services in attendance (pdf file 121.8kb) |
| | (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 petitions. |
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| | > Petitions (pdf file 56.3kb) |
| | (C) | Member's item - visits to Beijing for Olympics and Paralympics (Member's item) |
| | This report is in response to a request from the Spokesperson of the Labour Group and provides information on recent visits to the Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing, China in 2008.
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| | > Member's item - Olympic visits (pdf file 21.6kb) |
| | (D) | Community Safety Partnership Plan (Policy development) |
| | | This report seeks Members' views on Medway's annual rolling three year plan prior to consideration at Cabinet on 10 March 2009 and final approval at Council on 16 April 2009. REPORT TO FOLLOW |
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| | > Community Safety Partnership Plan 2009-2012 (pdf file 25.2kb) |
| | > Appendix 1 (pdf file 296.6kb) |
| | > Appendix 2 (pdf file 28.7kb) |
| | (E) | Critical success factors April-December 2008 (Quarter 3) |
| | | This report informs Members about the progress against the Council's main priorities during the first three quarters of this financial year as measured by the Council's agreed set of critical success factors. |
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| | > Critical success factors - third quarter (pdf file 16.1kb) |
| | (F) | 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 17.8kb) |
| | > Work programme - appendix (pdf file 16.1kb) |