Meeting documents
Council
Tuesday, 7th January, 2020 6.00 pm
| Business Items | |
| 1 | Public 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. Requests to speak must be submitted in writing to the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, or the officer mentioned at the top of this agenda letter, by noon on the working day before the meeting and the request must detail the subject matter of the address. | |
| 2 | Apologies for absence |
| 3 | Petitions 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. | |
| 4 | Declaration 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. | |
| 5 | Minutes |
| 12 November 2019, to approve as a correct record (attached) | |
Other - 05 Minutes 121119  | |
| 6 | Motions by Members (Standing Order No. 14) |
| (1) Domestic Abuse Funding Councillor Willis (attached) (2) Request on Behalf of Armed Forces Covenant Partnership –Planned Closure of Somerset Legion House Councillor Willis (attached) | |
| Other - 06 Motions by Members 070120 | |
| 7 | Matters referred from previous meeting |
| None | |
| 8 | Chairman’s announcements |
| 9 | Leader’s announcements |
| 10 | Chief Executive’s announcements |
| 11 | Forward Plan dated 3 January 2020 |
| (to follow) | |
| Other - supplementary despatch letter 030120 | |
| Report - 11 Forward Plan 030120 | |
| 12 | Question 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. | |
| 13 | Report and matters referred from the Executive, 7 January 2020 |
| There is a report on the Executive agenda on the Medium-Term Financial Plan (MTFP) and Revenue Budget Update 2020/21 (item 19) which includes a recommendation to Council. Any reference from the Executive meeting on 7 January will be reported to Council. The Executive report is available to view via the link below: https://apps.n-somerset.gov.uk/Meetings/document/report/NSCPM-111-500 (a copy is attached in the Meetings app for ease of reference) | |
| Other - 13 Report to Executive on Medium Term Financial Plan and Revenue Budget Update | |
| 14 | Reports and matters referred from the Policy/Overview and Scrutiny Panels other than those dealt with elsewhere on this agenda |
| None | |
| 15 | Reports and matters referred from the other Committees other than those dealt with elsewhere on this agenda |
| 16 | Reports on joint arrangements and external organisations and questions relating thereto |
| (1) Avon Fire Authority Oral report from Councillor Davies (2) West of England Joint Scrutiny Committee The Committee has not met since the last Council meeting. | |
| 17 | Report of the Heritage and Regeneration Champion |
| Report of Councillor Crockford-Hawley (attached) | |
| Report - 17 Report of the Heritage and Regeneration Champion | |
| 18 | Local Council Tax Support Scheme 2020/21 |
| Report of Councillor Cartman (attached) | |
| Report - 18 Council Tax Support Scheme 2020-21 | |
| 19 | West of England Joint Spatial Plan and Timeline for Future Strategic Planning |
| Report of Councillor Tonkin (attached) | |
| Report - 19 West of England Joint Spatial Plan and Timeline for Future Strategic Planning | |
| 20 | Urgent 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. | |
| Minutes | |