NOTICE OF MEETING
COMMITTEE:
LOCAL ECONOMY & ENVIRONMENT
SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
DAY/DATE:
TUESDAY, 12th FEBRUARY
2008
TIME:
2.00PM
VENUE: WEST
COMMITTEE ROOM
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
EARLE STREET
CREWE
Despatch date:
4th February 2008
Enquiries
to: Joanne Smith
Tel: 01270 537032
Fax: 01270 537605
Email: agendas@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
Chair:
Cllr Peter Hallett
Tel/Fax: 01270 663549
Email: cllr.peter.hallett@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
To: Members of Local Economy &
Environment Scrutiny Committee
[Cllrs Campbell, Cartlidge, Crawford, Hallett,
Healey, Hollins, Johnson, Mottram, Parker, S Roberts, Stafford
and Wood]
Chief Executive, Executive Directors,
Assistant Chief Executive
Local Press and Radio
Notes for
Members of the Public
The Local Economy and
Environment Scrutiny Committee consists of 12 elected Members and
Councillor Peter Hallett is the Chair. There are 6
Conservative, 4 Labour, 1 Liberal Democrat and 1 Independent
Member.
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. 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 Joanne Smith the Committee Officer
(details on front page).
AGENDA
PART I CONSTITUTIONAL BUSINESS
2.00PM – 2.05PM
1.
Apologies
2.
Declarations of Interest
Any Member present (including non-Committee
Members) to declare any personal or prejudicial interest and the
nature of that interest, in any item of business on the agenda and,
if necessary, to leave the meeting prior to discussion on 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
To approve as correct the record of the
meeting held on 8th January 2008 (3).
4. Whipping
Declarations
Members to declare in respect of items where
the whip has been applied.
5.
Responses from the Board
No comments were forwarded to the Board from
the Committee’s meeting on 8th January 2008; therefore
there are no responses to report.
6.
Referrals from the Board/Council
To consider any matters which the Board or
Council may have referred to the Committee.
7.
Forward Plan of Board
Decisions
To consider the Board's Forward Plan for
21st February and 6th March 2008
[7a and
b
respectively]
8. Queen’s
Park Restoration Project – Progress Report
The Project Officer together with members of
the design team will be in attendance at the meeting to present an
update on the Queen’s Park Restoration Project.
The presentation will provide the latest
information on progress with design work and contracts together
with images of work in progress and illustrations of proposed
design and landscaping. This will be followed be a Question and
Answer session.
9. Best
Value Performance Indicators – Progress Report (Quarter 3 –
2007-08)
The report (9)
summarises the performance activity of the Committee’s key basket
of Performance Indicators during the third quarter of the financial
year 2007 – 2008 (up to 31st December 2007) and
highlights the changes to the National Performance Framework as at
April 2008.
10.
Amendments to Car Park Order
At its meeting on 3rd January
2008 the Committee requested further information on the proposals
for amendments to the Car Park Order which were scheduled for
submission to Board on 6th March 2008.
The Business Development Manager, Direct
Services will provide details of the proposed Car Park Order
amendments to the Committee.
11.
Crewe Town Centre Update
To receive an update on Town Centre
developments.
12.
Vacancy Panel Decisions
To receive an update on the management of
vacant posts which fall under the remit of the Committee
(12).
13.
Work Programme
13.1 Task Group
Update
To receive update reports, if appropriate
from the Committee’s Task Groups –
> Climate
Change
> Notes of the
meeting held on 17th January 2008 (13.1)
> Town
Centres
> Waste
Management
14. Date of Next
Meeting
18th March 2008.
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.
If you require this document or a
summary version in large print, Braille, audiotape, CD or in
another language, please contact:
Equality & Diversity
Crewe
and Nantwich Borough Council, Municipal Buildings
Earle Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1
2JZ
Tel. 01270 537565
Email. petra.dexterduskova@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk