Contact:

Contact:        David Jellings

Direct Dial:   01275 884219

E-mail:           david.jellings@n-somerset.gov.uk

Date:              30th December 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Sir or Madam

 

Finance and Performance Policy and Scrutiny Panel

Tuesday 10th January 2006, 6.30 p.m., New Council Chamber, Town Hall

 

A meeting of the Panel will take place as indicated above.  The agenda is set out overleaf.

 

Members are asked to refer to the agenda papers of the Executive meeting held on 20th December 2005 (Item 12(8)/12(9) refers), circulated to all Members of Council, to enable consideration of the reference at Agenda Item 5.1).

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

 

 

Solicitor to the Council

 

 

 

 

To:       Members of the Panel

 

Councillors:

 

David Shopland (Chairman), Carl Francis-Pester (Vice-chairman), Mark Canniford, Muriel Kraft, Michael Roe, Richard Skinner, Sally Tabrett, Barry Walters

 

 

All other Members of the Council (for information)

Agenda

 

1                    Apologies for Absence and Notification of Substitutes

2                    Public Discussion (Standing Order SSO 9)

To receive and hear any person who wishes to address the Panel.  The Chairman will select the order of the matters to be heard.

 

3                    Declarations of Interest by Members

4                    Minutes

4.1             Finance and Performance Policy and Scrutiny Panel – 13th December 2005 (page 5)

 

5                    Matters referred by Council, the Executive, other Committees and Panels (if any)

Executive, 20th December 2005

5.1       Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2006/07 and 2007/08 and the Draft Directorate Revenue Budgets for 2006/07 (EXE 154) (page 11)

5.2       Quarter Two 2005/06 Key Corporate Performance Indicators (EXE 150) (page 13)

Strategic Planning and Economic Development Policy and Scrutiny Panel, 19th December 2005

5.3       The European and External Funding Service (page 36)

6                    Matters for Consideration

A         Policy Related Matters

 

Report of the Chief Executive Officer and the Director of Finance and Resources

 

6.1             Finance and Resources and Corporate Services Draft Revenue Budget for 2006/07 (page 42)

 

Report of the Chairman

 

6.2             Work Plan (page 71)

 

Report of the Director of Finance and Resources

 

6.3             Capital Programme Slippage 2005/06 (page 75)

 

B         Scrutiny Related Matters

 

6.4             The Campus Project, Management and Cost Control (page 89)

 

The Vice-Chairman has brought this item forward for the Panel’s consideration.  The follow-up report considered by the Executive is attached.

 

Report of the Director of Finance and Resources

 

6.5       Internal Audit Service Quarterly Report 2005/06 from April 2005 to 31st December 2005 (page 102)

 

Report of the Head of Marketing and Communications

 

6.6       Results of July/August 2005 Citizens’ Panel Survey (page 117)

 

C         Performance Related Matters

 

                        Se Item 5.2

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Exempt Items

 

Should the Panel wish to consider a matter as an Exempt Item, the Panel will be invited to pass the following resolution –

 

“(1)      That the press, public, and officers not required by the Members, the Chief Executive or the Director, to remain during the exempt session, be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the ground that its consideration will involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Section 100I of the Local Government Act 1972.”

 

Also, if appropriate, the following resolution should be passed –

 

“(2)      That members of the Council who are not members of this Panel be invited to remain.”

 

Mobile Phones, Pagers And Similar Calling Devices

 

All persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off these devices in accordance with the Council’s statement concerning disturbance caused by such apparatus.  The Chairman may approve an exception to this request in special circumstances.

 

Emergency Evacuation Procedure

 

ON HEARING THE ALARM – (a continuous two tone siren)

 

Leave the room by the nearest exit door.    Ensure that windows are closed.

 

Last person out to close the door.

 

Do Not stop to collect personal belongings.

Do Not use the lifts.

Follow the green and white exit signs and make your way to the assembly point.

Do Not re-enter the building until authorised to do so by the Fire Authority.

 

Go To Assembly Point D – The Car Park Opposite Main Reception

 

Agenda Conference

 

The Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Officers

The agenda conference will be held on 10th January 2006 at 9.30 a.m. in the New Council Chamber.

 

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