Cambridge City Council
To: Councillors Howarth (Chair), Bagnall, Bradnack,
Durrant, Harrison, Knowles, Nimmo-Smith, Reed, C Rosenstiel, Slatter, Smart and
Stuart.
Alternate members: Councillor J Rosenstiel
CITY
BOARD
Date: 7 May
2002
Time: 6 pm
Place: Committee
Room 1
Contact: Gary Clift Direct Dial: 01223 457011
1. MINUTES
To confirm the minutes
of the meeting held on 16 April 2002.
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
Information for the
public is included at the end of this agenda.
5. NOMINATIONS FOR
LEADER OF THE COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVE COUNCILLORS
On adoption of the new Constitution
on 23rd May, the Council will be required to elect a Leader and an
Executive of five Executive Councillors comprising:
Deputy
Leader
Executive
Councillor for Commercial & Human Resources
Executive
Councillor for Community Development & Leisure
Executive
Councillor for Environment
Executive
Councillor for Housing & Health.
City
Board is requested to recommend nominations for the positions of Leader and
five Executive Councillors for the consideration of Council on 23rd
May.
For decision
6. NOMINATIONS FOR COMMITTEES
FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 2002/03
Members are reminded
that the rules on political balance set out in the Local Government and Housing
Act 1989 will be applied to both scrutiny and regulatory committee composition
so that, once the size of committees has been determined, the division of seats
among the groups will be automatic and the Council must appoint those members which each group puts forward for its
seats.
In considering the
allocation of committee places to
political groups, the Council is legally required to take into account the
following principles:
(1) that the
controlling group should have a majority of seats on each committee
(2) that the
total number of committee places allocated to each political group must be in
proportion to the number of members of that group on the Council.
(3) that on
each committee the number of places allocated to each political group must be
in proportion to the number of members of that group on the Council.
The order of precedence
of these principles is the order in
which they are given - ie (1) takes highest priority, then (2) then (3).
(i)
Scrutiny Committees
The table below lists the Scrutiny Committees which are to be appointed by Council on adoption of the Council’s Constitution. The current numbers column refers to the size of the standing committee for illustration purposes (and the numbers have been copied over for the newly named scrutiny committees ie. for Strategy read ‘City Board’ and for Commercial & Human Resources read ‘Property & Administration Sub-Committee’). No member of the Executive may sit on the Scrutiny Committees.
City Board is requested to make
proposals to Council on the size of the Scrutiny Committees and make
nominations to each.
|
COMMITTEE |
NOMINATION(S)
|
CURRENT NUMBERS |
|
STRATEGY |
Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative |
7 4 1 = 12 Total |
|
CITY CENTRE DEVELOPMENT |
Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative |
4 2 0 = 6 Total |
|
COMMERCIAL & HUMAN RESOURCES |
Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative |
6 3 1 = 10 Total |
|
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & LEISURE |
Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative |
6 4 0 = 10 Total |
|
ENVIRONMENT |
Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative |
6 3 1 = 10 Total |
|
HOUSING & HEALTH |
Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative |
6 3 1 = 10 Total |
(ii)
Regulatory Committees
The table below lists the Regulatory Committees which are to be appointed by Council on adoption of the Council’s Constitution.
City Board is requested to make
proposals to Council on the size of the Regulatory Committees and make
nominations to each.
COMMITTEE |
NOMINATIONS |
CURRENT NUMBERS |
Notes |
|
PLANNING |
Liberal Democrat Labour Conservative |
6 4 0 = 10 Total |
|
|
LICENSING |
Liberal Democrat Labour Conservative |
4 2 0 = 6 Total |
Also the
Taxi-Disciplinary Sub-Committee. All
members of Licensing Committee to be appointed to it but on the understanding
that in practice three members will hear appeals. |
|
CIVIC AFFAIRS (new) |
Liberal Democrat Labour Conservative |
N/A |
Also Employment Appeals Sub-Committee. All members of Civic Affairs Committee to be appointed to it but on the understanding that in practice three members will hear appeals. |
|
HOMELESS-NESS APPEALS COMMITTEE |
|
|
Currently
three members taken from the Housing
& Health Committee. Re-commended
to apply to the Housing & Health Scrutiny Committee. |
|
STANDARDS COMMITTEE |
Liberal Democrat Labour Conservative External Member |
3 2 1 2 |
An Executive Councillor (not the Leader) may sit on this Committee, but may not Chair
it. |
|
CAMBRIDGE ENVIRONMENT & TRANSPORT
AREA JOINT |
Liberal Democrat Labour Conservative |
4 2 0 |
|
7. NOMINATIONS
FOR CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS OF SCRUTINY & REGULATORY COMMITTEES
City Board is requested to make nominations
for the positions listed below for the consideration of Council on 23rd
May.
Strategy
City Centre Development
Commercial & Human Resources
Community Development & Leisure
Environment
Housing & Health
CHAIRS
AND VICE CHAIRS OF REGULATORY COMMITTEES
Civic Affairs
Licensing
Planning
Standards
The following Sub-Committees require
a Chair and Vice-Chair to ensure that any business between meetings can be
transacted. However, the Chair of each
meeting is a matter which can be determined by the members present on each
occasion as is the case with Homelessness Appeals currently.
Employment Appeals
Homelessness Appeals
Taxi Disciplinary
For members of City Board to note – both the Working Groups of the
Council and those outside bodies which the Council appoints to will be agreed
at the Council meeting on 23rd May.
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Cont…..
8. CITY
SERVICES – PROJECT APPRAISAL FOR REPLACEMENT PVCU VEHICLES
City Board is requested to recommend that the Council
approve the expenditure of £54,000 and
inclusion in the Capital Plan, a project to replace three PVCU vehicles (see
project appraisal attached).
9. BEST
VALUE PERFORMANCE PLAN
The Best Value
Performance Plan is now required to be published by 30th June. The summary report was sent to all residents
in March following consideration by City Board. The full report is in its final stages of preparation and cannot
be circulated for the meeting of City Board.
Instead, it will be circulated to all members with the Council
agenda. City Board is requested to
recommended that the Council approve the Best Value Performance Plan 2001/02 as
circulated.
For decision
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, 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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of the fire alarm sounding (which is a
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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.