Meeting documents

Council
Tuesday, 22nd September, 2020 6.00 pm

Business Items
1Public Participation, petitions, and deputations (Standing Orders 2(vi) and 17, as amended by new Standing Order 5A)
 The Council will receive written statements from any person who wishes to make a submission in accordance with the above Standing Orders. The Chairman will select the order of the submissions. Each submission must comply with the usual time limits of five minutes for public participation and deputations and three minutes for petitions. This section of the meeting must not exceed 30 minutes and matters 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 and full statements must be submitted in writing to the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, or to the officer mentioned at the top of this agenda letter, by noon on the day before the meeting and the request must detail the subject matter of the address. Statements received will be published on the Meetings App and on the Council website in advance of the meeting
 Other - 01 Public Participation 220920 
2Apologies for absence
3Petitions to be presented by Members (Standing Order No. 16)
 As this is a virtual meeting, members are asked to provide petitions to the Head of Legal and Democratic Services by 12.00 noon on the day before the meeting. Details of any petition received will be published on the Meetings App and on the Council website in advance 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 meeting 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
 14 July 2020, to approve as a correct record (attached)
 Other - 05 Minutes 140720 
6Motions by Members (Standing Order No. 14)
 (1) The Nature Emergency
Councillor Payne (attached)

(2) Eviction of Private Housing Tenants under Section 21
of the 1988 Housing Act
Councillor Payne (attached)
 Report - 06 Motions by Members 220920 
7Matters referred from previous meeting
 None
8Chairman's Announcements
9Leader's Announcements
10Chief Executive's Announcements
11Forward Plan dated 2 September 2020
 (attached)
 Report - 11 Forward Plan 020920 
12Policy and Scrutiny Panel Report
 Report of Councillors Crosby, Griggs, Richardson, Crockford-Hawley and Bridger
(attached)
 Report - 12 Scrutiny Report to Council Sept 2020 
13Corporate Parenting Update
 Report of the Director of People and Communities (attached)
 Report - 13 Corporate Parenting Update 
14Question 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.

As this is a virtual meeting the Chairman and the Leader of the Council have requested that members supply the Democratic Services Officer with full details of the question they wish to ask by no later than 12 noon the day before the meeting. All questions received will be published on the Meetings App and on the Council website in advance of the meeting. A summary note of each question will be included in an appendix to the minutes in the usual way.
 Other - 14 Questions submitted by cllrs under Question Time 220920 - supplementary 
15Report and matters referred from the Executive, 29 July 2020
 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 14 Covid 19 Financial Impacts (Agenda Item 4)
(draft minute extract attached)
 Report - 15 Executive References 290720 
16Reports and matters referred from the Policy/Overview and Scrutiny Panels other than those dealt with elsewhere on this agenda
 None
17Reports and matters referred from the other Committees other than those dealt with elsewhere on this agenda
 None
18Reports on joint arrangements and external organisations and questions relating thereto
 (1) Avon Fire Authority
Report from Councillor Jacobs (attached)

(2) Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Panel
None. The Panel has not met since the last report to
Council.

(3) West of England Joint Scrutiny Committee
None.
 Report - 18.1 Avon Fire Authority Report 
190-19 Public Health Nursing Commissioning Plan
 Report of Councillor Bell (attached)
 Report - 19 0-19 Public Health Nursing Commissioning Plan 
20Waste Options Report (Exempt Item)
 Report of Councillor Petty
21Urgent 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