Meeting documents

Council
Tuesday, 10th November, 2020 6.00 pm

Business Items
 Public 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.
 Apologies for absence
 Petitions 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.
 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 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.
 Minutes
 (1) 22 September 2020, to approve as a correct record (attached)
(2) Exempt Minutes, 22 September 2020, to approve as a correct record (attached)
 05.1 Minutes 22-09-2020
 Other - 05.1 Minutes 22-09-2020 
6Motions by Members (Standing Order No. 14)
 (1) The Nature Emergency
Councillor Payne and Councillor McQuillan (attached)
 06.1 Council Motion Nature Emergency
 Other - 06.1 Council Motion Nature Emergency 
7Matters referred from previous meeting
 None
8Chairman’s announcements
9Leader’s announcements
10Chief Executive’s announcements
11Forward Plan dated 2 November 2020
 (attached)
 11 Forward Plan 021120
 Other - 11 Forward Plan 021120 
12Policy and Scrutiny Panel Report
 None
13Corporate Parenting Responsibilities
 Report of Councillor Gibbons (attached)
 13 Corporate Parenting Update 101120
 Report - 13 Corporate Parenting Update 101120 
 13.1 North Somerset YLYC 2020 FINAL
 Report - 13.1 North Somerset YLYC 2020 FINAL 
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.
 14 Question Time - questions submitted by cllrs 101120
 Other - 14 Question Time - questions submitted by cllrs 101120 
15Report and matters referred from the Executive, 21 October 2020
 None
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 Payne (attached)

(2) Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Panel
Report from Councillor Westwood (attached)

(3) West of England Joint Scrutiny Committee
Report from Councillor James (attached)
 18.1 AFA report November 2020
 Report - 18.1 AFA report November 2020 
 18.2 Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Panel report 101120
 Report - 18.2 Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Panel report 101120 
 18.3 West of England Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee
 Report - 18.3 West of England Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee 
19MetroWest Phase 1 Update – Programme and Procurement
 Report of Councillor Tonkin (attached)
 19 MetroWest Phase 1 Update – Programme and Procurement
 Report - 19 MetroWest Phase 1 Update – Programme and Procurement 
 19.1 Appendix 1 - Rule 6 letter Final
 Report - 19.1 Appendix 1 - Rule 6 letter Final 
 19.3 Appendix 3 -series-14-socio-economics small
 Report - 19.3 Appendix 3 -series-14-socio-economics small 
 19.2 Appendix 2 - 2020.07.23 Utilities Interface Schedule FINAL
 Report - 19.2 Appendix 2 - 2020.07.23 Utilities Interface Schedule FINAL 
20Constitution Changes to Delegations
 Report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services (attached)
 20 Constitution Changes to Delegations
 Report - 20 Constitution Changes to Delegations 
21Draft Municipal Calendar 2021-22
 Report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services (attached)
 21 Draft Municipal Calendar 2021-22
 Report - 21 Draft Municipal Calendar 2021-22 
 21.1 Draft Municipal Calendar 2021-22 all dates final
 Report - 21.1 Draft Municipal Calendar 2021-22 all dates final 
22Urgent 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
 Minutes