CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL

To: Councillors Howarth (Chair), Bagnall, Durrant, James, C Rosenstiel and Taylor

Alternate member: Councillor Ward

(Despatched and placed on public deposit: Friday 1 February)

Periodic Electoral Review and local government act sub-committee

Date: Friday 8 February 2002

Time: 4.00pm

Place: Committee Room 1

Contact: Angus MacQueen Direct Dial: (01223) 457013

Information for the public

You are welcome to attend this meeting as an observer, although it may be necessary to ask you to leave the room during the discussion of matters which are described as confidential on the agenda.

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You can ask questions on an issue included on the agenda below, or on an issue which is within this committee’s powers. If you wish to ask a question related to an agenda item contact the committee officer (listed above under ‘contact’) before the meeting starts. If you wish to ask a question on a matter not included on this agenda, please contact the committee officer by 10.00am the working day before the meeting. Further details concerning the right to speak at committee can be obtained from the committee section.

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In the event of the fire alarm sounding (which is a continuous ringing sound), you should pick up your possessions and leave the building by the route you came in. Once clear of the building, you should assemble on the pavement opposite the main entrance to the Guildhall and await further instructions. If your escape route or the assembly area is unsafe, you will be directed to safe areas by a member of Cambridge City Council staff.

AGENDA

1 MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 20 December 2001.

[pages 1 - 3]

2 APOLOGIES

Apologies for absence.

3 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members are asked to declare at this stage any interests which they may have in any of the following items on the agenda. If any member is unsure whether or not they should declare an interest on a particular matter, they are requested to seek advice from the Head of Legal and Democratic Services before the meeting.

4 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

5 NEW POLITICAL STRUCTURES: DRAFT TRAINING/COMMUNICATION PLAN

To consider the draft Training/Communication Plan attached.

[page 4]

6 A NEW CONSTITUTION

Report by Head of Legal and Democratic Services [pages 5 - 139]

7 DATE OF NEXT MEETING

To agree a date for the next meeting.