NOTICE OF MEETING
COMMITTEE: ORGANISATION
SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
DAY/DATE: MONDAY,
7TH JANUARY 2008
TIME: 2.30PM
VENUE: EAST
COMMITTEE ROOM
MUNICIPAL
BUILDINGS
EARLE
STREET,
CREWE
Despatch date:
20th December 2007
Enquiries
to:
Carol
Jones
Tel: 01270 537598
Fax: 01270 537605
Chair :
Councillor A C Johnson
Tel : 01270 820124
Fax: 01270 628204
E-mail: agendas@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
To: Members of
the Organisation Scrutiny Committee
(ouncillors W T Beard, J A Beech (Deputy
Chair), D H D Charlesworth, H W Curran, R E Dodd, B
Evans, K Healey, A C Johnson (Chair), Z S Krizanac, J Lewis, A
Moran (Deputy Chair), D J Straine-Francis)
Chief Executive, Executive Directors,
Strategic Managers
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.
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
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 and the nature of the whip.
4
Record of Meetings
To approve as correct, the Record of the
Meeting held on 12th November 2007. (4)
To approve as correct, the Record of the
Special Meeting held on 3rd December 2007.
(4)
5
Board Business
5.1 Board
Meeting – 3rd January 2008
Timetable of Public Meetings – 2008/2009
At the previous meeting, the Committee asked
the Board to consider scheduling Full Council meetings one week
later than indicated on the draft timetable submitted to ensure
that all minutes from each cycle of meetings were available for
inclusion in the Record of Meetings.
The Timetable has been revised to take this
into account, and will be submitted to the Board meeting on
3rd January 2008. The Committee will be informed of
the Board’s recommendation to Council.
5.2 Provisional Items
(Board’s Forward Plan)
To consider the Board’s Forward Plan for
February and March 2008. These are due to be up-dated and
will follow under separate cover.
(To follow)
5.3 Responses/Referrals
from the Board or Council
There are no responses/referrals from the
Board or Council on this occasion.
6.
Draft Budget Consultation – 2008/2009
Paul Goodwin (Assistant Director –
Accountancy and Audit) will be in attendance for discussion of this
item.
7. Work
Programme
7.1 ICT Services for
Members
To report progress on –
(a)
Identification of service-needs for Members
(b)
Information in respect of “downtime” (ie unavailability of the
service)
7.2
Procurement
The Committee is invited to appoint a
Working Group to undertake a review on Procurement.
7.3 Climate
Change Task Group
To receive for information the notes of a
meeting of the Climate Change Task Group, held on 6th
December 2007.
8. Date
of Next Meeting
3rd March 2008
If you require this agenda in
large print, Braille, audiotape, CD or in another language, please
contact
Equality and Diversity,
Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, Municipal Buildings, Earle
Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 2BJ
Tel: 01270 537565
E-mail: petra.dexterduskova@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
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.