NOTICE OF MEETING

COMMITTEE:        PERFORMANCE AND OVERVIEW

                            (ORGANISATION)

DAY/DATE:           MONDAY, 27^TH NOVEMBER 2006

TIME:                   2.30PM

VENUE:                EAST COMMITTEE ROOM 

                            MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS

                            EARLE STREET, CREWE        

Despatch date:   15^th November 2006

Enquiries to:   Carol Jones

Tel: 01270 537598

Fax: 01270 537605                          

Chair:   Councillor M R Jones

Tel: 01270 663110

Fax: 01270 651582

E-mail: agendas@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk

To:       Members of the Performance and Overview Committee (Organisation)

(Councillors W T Beard, J A Beech (Deputy Chair), D Charlesworth, R E Dodd, B Evans, A C Johnson, M R Jones (Chair), R Jones, Z S Krizanac, J Lewis, D J Straine-Francis and M J Weatherill

Chief Executive, Executive Directors, Assistant Chief Executive

Other recipients of the agenda

Local Press and Radio

Notes for Members of the Public

The Borough Council welcomes and encourages members of the public to attend its Committee, Board and Council meetings.

If you plan to attend, please report to the Reception Desk in the Municipal Buildings, where you will be provided with a Visitor’s Pass.

Car parking is not available at the Municipal Buildings, but there are several town centre car parks.  There is a disabled access to the rear of the Municipal Buildings, and this can be accessed through the side door on Vernon Way.  Please press the button for attention, and someone will meet you and escort you through to the main reception area.

You are asked to remain quiet whilst the meeting is taking place, and to enter and leave the meeting room, or public gallery of the Council Chamber, as quietly as possible.  Please ensure that if you have a mobile phone or pager, it is switched off for the duration of the meeting.

You are not allowed to have drinks or food in the meeting rooms or in the Public Gallery, other than beverages offered by the Council during Committee breaks.  A “No Smoking” policy operates in the Municipal Buildings.

Fire Evacuation

If the fire alarm rings, you should make your way to the nearest exit with your belongings, as quickly as possible, and leave the building.  Please follow any instructions from staff about evacuation routes.          

Copies of the agenda will be available if you attend. Agendas are also made available on the Internet and can be accessed via the Council’s website – see front page for details.

On occasions, members of the press and public will be excluded from the meetings when the business to be transacted is of a confidential nature, for example, dealing with individual people, contracts and financial affairs of other parties.

If you require any further information, please contact Carol Jones the Committee Officer (details on front page).

AGENDA

Guide Time - 2.30pm – 2.35pm

1          Apologies

2          Declaration of Interests

Any Member present (including non-Committee Members) to declare any personal or prejudicial interest, and the nature of the interest, which they have in any item of business on the agenda and, if necessary, to leave the meeting prior to discussion of that item.

Members who also serve as County, Town or Parish Councillors, are reminded of the need to make declarations in respect of any item which directly concerns the business of the appropriate authority.

Declarations are a personal matter for each Member to decide.  Whilst Officers will advise on the Code of Conduct and its interpretation, the decision to declare, or not, is the responsibility of the Member, based on the particular circumstances.

3          Whipping Declarations

Members to declare in respect of items where the whip has been applied.

4          Record of Meeting

To approve as correct the Record of the Meeting held on 4^th September 2006. (4)

The Committee is reminded that the meetings scheduled for 16^th October and 6^th November 2006 were cancelled, owing to lack of business.

Guide Time - 2.35pm – 3.15pm

5          Board Business

5.1       Board Meeting – 30^th November 2006

The Committee is invited to comment on the following reports which fall within its remit. 

§                   2006-2011 Revenue Strategy

§                   Revised Capital Strategy

§                   Local Government White Paper “Strong and Prosperous Communities”

§                   Corporate Self-Assessment

§                   2006/2007 BVPI and LPI Monitoring

§                   2006/2007 Financial Monitoring – to 30^th September 2006

§                   Fees and Charges for the Financial Year 2007/2008

§                   Tax Base for Council Tax and Discount for Second Homes

§                   Job Evaluation

§                   Review of Redundancy Policy

Exclusion of Press and Public

The two reports listed below have been withheld from public circulation and deposit pursuant to Section 100(B)(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the matters may be determined with the press and public excluded.

The Committee is invited to exclude the press and public during discussion of the following two items.

§                 Write-offs

Re-admittance of Press and Public

The Committee is invited to re-admit the press and public to the meeting.

5.2             Provisional Items (Board’s Forward Plan)

To consider the Board’s Forward Plan for January (4^th and 11^th) and February 2007. (5.2)

5.3       Responses/Referrals from the Board or Council

To consider any responses or referrals from the Board or Council.

6.         Performance Monitoring – BVPIs and LPIs

The report (6) provides service performance information on the agreed basket of key national Performance Indicators for the period April to September 2006.

7.         Efficiency Savings

The report of the Executive Director (Treasury and Corporate Support)  (7) informs the Committee of the projected efficiency savings in the current financial year 2006/2007 based on actual savings as at 30^th September 2006, compared with expected savings for the year previously reported in March 2006.

8.         Community Leadership Programme

The Committee is asked to note that Councillor M J Simon, Portfolio Holder for Customers, has set up a Community Leadership Advisory Group comprising Councillors Bebbington, Cartlidge, Conquest, Evans, Howell, Krizanac and Mottram and held its first meeting on 15^th November.

This Committee is reminded that it receives six-monthly reports on progress on implementation of the Programme.

9.         Recruitment Practices, Policies and Procedures

The newly-formed Working Group established by the Committee to review Recruitment Policies, Practices and Procedures met on 19^th September 2006.  The Group has agreed to meet again in January 2007, with a final report of the review being submitted to the Committee at its meeting on 5^th February 2007.

10.       Date of Next Meeting

8^th January 2007     

This agenda can be made available in larger text on request

Note: 

In accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act, the Council is required to notify those attending meetings of the fire evacuation procedures.  A copy has previously been distributed to Members and instructions are located in all rooms within the Civic Suite.