Meeting documents

Council
Tuesday, 8th January, 2019 6.00 pm

Business Items
1Public Participation, petitions, and deputations (Standing Orders 2(vi) and 17)
 The Council will hear any person who wishes to address it in accordance with the Standing Orders. The Chairman will select the order of the matters to be heard. Each person will be limited to a period of five minutes for public participation and deputations and three minutes for petitions. This section of the meeting must not exceed 30 minutes and discussion must not refer to a current planning application.
The Council will also receive questions from the public and provide answers thereto, subject to the Chairman being satisfied that the questions are relevant to the business of the meeting.
2Apologies for absence
3Petitions to be presented by Members (Standing Order No. 16)
 These have to be received by the Head of Legal and Democratic Services by 12.00 noon on the day of the meeting.

4Declaration of Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (Standing Order 37)
 A Member must declare any disclosable pecuniary interest where it relates to any matter being considered at the meeting. A declaration of a disclosable pecuniary interest should indicate the interest and the agenda item to which it relates. A Member is not permitted to participate in this agenda item by law and should immediately leave the meeting before the start of any debate.

If the Member leaves the Chamber in respect of a declaration, he or she should ensure that the Chairman is aware of this before he or she leaves to enable their exit from the meeting to be recorded in the minutes in accordance with Standing Order 37.
5Minutes
 13 November 2018, to approve as a correct record (attached)
 Other - 05 cou minute 131118 
6Motions by Members (Standing Order No. 14)
 None
7Matters referred from previous meeting
 None
8Chairman’s announcements
9Leader’s announcements
10Chief Executive’s announcements
11Forward Plan dated 3 January 2019
 (to follow)
 Report - 11 Forward Plan 030119 - supplementary despatch 
12Policy and Scrutiny Panel Report
 Report of Councillor Knight, Councillor Porter and Councillor Willis (attached)

 Report - 12 Policy and Scrutiny Panel Report inc appendix 
13Question Time (Standing Order No. 18)
 Questions must relate to issues relevant to the work of the Executive. Question Time will normally last for 20 minutes.

Members are requested to supply the Democratic Services Officer with a note of each question at, or just after, the meeting. A summary note of each question will be included in an appendix to the minutes.
14Report and matters referred from the Executive, 4 December 2018
 The agenda item number mentioned in the heading of the individual extract refers to the agenda of the relevant Executive meeting. All Members have been supplied with the agenda papers and are commended to review them prior to the Council meeting.

EXE 49 Street Lighting – LED Replacement, Term Maintenance and Highways Electrical Contract Award (Agenda Item 10) (draft minute extract and Executive report attached)
 Other - 14 EXE 49 Minute Extract re Street Lighting 
 Other - 14.1 Executive Report Street Lighting LED replacement contract award 
15Reports and matters referred from the Policy/Overview and Scrutiny Panels other than those dealt with elsewhere on this agenda
 None
16Reports and matters referred from the other Committees other than those dealt with elsewhere on this agenda
 Licensing Committee – 6 December 2018

LIC 8 Statement of Principles under the Gambling Act 2005 (draft minute extract and committee report attached)
 Other - 16.1 Licensing Committee report re Gambling Policy 
 Other - 16 LIC 8 Minute Extract re Statement of Principles 2019-2021 
17Reports on joint arrangements and external organisations and questions relating thereto
 (1) Avon Fire Authority
Oral report

(2) West of England Joint Scrutiny Committee
Oral report
18Children's Public Health Services
 Report of the Interim Director of Public Health (attached)

 Report - 18 Childrens Public Health Services 
19Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) and Revenue Budget Update
 Report of Councillor Ashton (attached)
 Report - 19 Medium Term Financial Plan and Revenue Budget Update 
 Other - 19.1 Alternative Budget Labour Group 
 Other - 19.2 Alternative Budget Lib Dem Group 
20Urgent business permitted by the Local Government Act 1972 (if any)
 For a matter to be considered as an urgent item, the following question must be addressed: 'What harm to the public interest would flow from leaving it until the next meeting?' If harm can be demonstrated, then it is open to the Chairman to rule that it be considered as urgent. Otherwise the matter cannot be considered urgent within the statutory provisions.
21Other - upplementary despatch letter 070119