Meeting documents

Regeneration, Community and Culture Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Thursday, 28 August 2008

Regeneration, Community and Culture
Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Meeting Room 9
Gun Wharf
Dock Road
Chatham
ME4 4TR
Thursday, 28 August 2008
6:30 pm
AGENDA
1TO APPROVE THE RECORD OF THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS:
 
 7 May 2008 (Joint Meeting of all Committees)
 29 July 2008
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)Community Safety Partnership Plan 2008-2011 (Policy Development)
 
The report seeks Members' views on the annual rolling three year plan prior to approval at Council.
 > DIA appendix (pdf file 184.7kb)
 > Community Safety Partnership Plan report (pdf file 103.1kb)
 > CSP appendix (pdf file 452.6kb)
 (B)Museum acquisition and disposal policy 2008-2012 (Policy development)
 
This policy sets out the principles by which the Guildhall Museum will acquire and dispose of objects in its collection and the Committee is requested to consider and comment on the policy prior to submission to the Cabinet.
 > Appendix - Museums Diversity Impact Assessment (pdf file 204.5kb)
 > Appendix - Museum Acquisition and Disposal Policy 2008-2012 (pdf file 562.5kb)
 > Museum Acquisition & Disposal Policy report (pdf file 148.2kb)
 (C)Local area agreements - update and next steps (Performance management)
 
This report sets out the progress in the development of new working arrangements for the Local Strategic Partnership, the arrangements for monitoring performance against the LAA targets and the role of overview and scrutiny committees in scrutinising the achievement of LAA outcomes.
 > LAA update and next steps (pdf file 323.0kb)
 > Additional papers (pdf file 822.5kb)
 (D)Critical success factors April - June 2008 (Quarter 1) (Performance monitoring)
 
This report informs the Committee about the progress against the Council's main priorities during the first quarter of 2008/2009.
 > Critical Success Factors - 1st quarter (pdf file 575.1kb)
 (E)Work programme (Business management)
 
The report aadvises the Committee of the current work programme. It gives Members the opportunity to shape and direct the Committee's activities for the forthcoming year.
 > Work programme schedule (pdf file 130.0kb)
 > Work programme (pdf file 83.1kb)