NOTICE OF MEETING
COMMITTEE: PERFORMANCE
AND OVERVIEW (COMMUNITY)
DAY/DATE: WEDNESDAY,
18TH OCTOBER 2006
TIME: 2.30
PM
VENUE: EAST
COMMITTEE ROOM
MUNICIPAL
BUILDINGS
EARLE
STREET
CREWE
Despatch date: 20th
November 2006
Enquiries to: Carol Jones
Tel: 01270 537598
Fax: 01270 537605
Email: agendas@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
Chair: Councillor G
Griffiths
Tel: 01270 663832
Fax: 01270 663832
Email: cllr.gwyn.griffiths@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
To: Members of the
Performance and Overview Committee (Community)
[Councillors T E Ankers (Deputy Chair), D
Bebbington, J D Bratherton, D H D Charlesworth, S Conquest, G
Griffiths (Chair), M Grant (Deputy Chair), J Lewis, M A
Martin, S J S Mottram, J I Stockton and M J Weatherill]
Executive Directors, Assistant Chief
Executive
Other Members of the Borough Council (agenda
only electronically)
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, nor in the Public Gallery, other than
refreshments which are offered by the Borough Council during a
break in proceedings. 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.
Declarations of Interest
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.
Record of Meeting – 18th October
2006
To approve as correct, the Record of the
Meeting held on 18th October 2006.
(3)
4. Whipping
Declarations
Members to declare in respect of items where
the whip has been applied.
Guide Time:
2.35pm – 3.15pm
5. Board
Business
5.1 Board Meeting –
19th October 2006
The Committee is invited to comment on the
following Board reports which falls within the Committee’s
remit.
1)
Local Area Agreements
2)
Corporate Self-Assessment (All Committees)
3)
BVPI and LPI Monitoring (All Committees)
4)
2006/2007 Financial Monitoring – 1st April to
30th September 2006
5)
Play Strategy
6) (The
Community Development Manager will be in attendance for
this item.)
7)
Younger Persons Housing
Strategy
(The Head of Housing will be in attendance for this
item.)
8)
Air Quality Management Area, Hospital Street, Nantwich
9)
Gambling Act 2005
10)
Race Equality Scheme 2006-2008
11)
Adoption of New By-Laws
5.2 Provisional
Items (Board’s Forward Plan)
To consider the Board’s Forward Plan for
January 4th (and 11th) and February
2007. (5.2) See 30th
November 2006 Provisional Items
5.3 Referrals/Responses
from the Board
At its meeting held on 18th October
2006, the Committee did not submit comments to the Board on any
item of business for its meeting to be held on 19th
October. Consequently, there are no responses from the
Board. There are also no referrals from Council on this
occasion.
Guide Time:
3.15pm – 3.45pm
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. Private
Sector Housing Assistance Commitment
To receive for information, the report of the
Head of Housing (7) which details the amount of
expenditure on the four main housing renewal grants or assistance
to 25th October 2006.
8.
Neighbourhood Management – Status Report
The Assistant Chief Executive (Community
Development and Social Policy) to report the current status in
respect of Neighbourhood Management.
Guide Time:
3.45pm
9.
Work
Programme
To receive a copy of the up-dated work
programme agreed by the Committee at its meeting on 19th
July 2006. (9)
10.
Date of Next Meeting
8th 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.