CAMBRIDGE
CITY COUNCIL
NOTICE OF COUNCIL MEETING – 12 FEBRUARY
2004
Dear Councillor,
A meeting of the Cambridge City Council
will be held in
FISHER HALL, GUILDHALL PLACE
on Thursday 12 February 2004 at 6.00pm and
I hereby summon you to attend.
Dated 4 February 2004
Yours
faithfully
Chief
Executive
1 TO APPROVE AS A
CORRECT RECORD THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS HELD ON 4 DECEMBER 2003
2 MAYOR’S
ANNOUNCEMENTS
3 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME - see at the
foot of the agenda for details of the scheme
4 TO CONSIDER THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE FOR ADOPTION:
(i) General
Fund Revenue Budgets 2003/04 (revised), 2004/05 Budget & Capital Plan
Appendix
A: General Fund Projection 2003/04 to 2007/08
Appendix
B: General Fund Funding Statement 2003/04 to 2007/08
Appendix
C: General Fund Reserves Project 2003/04 to 2007/08
Appendix
D: Revenue Bids and Savings – Commercial and Human Resources
Appendix
E: Priority Policy Fund (PPF) Bids
Appendix
F (a): Estimated Council Tax Base 2004/05
Appendix
F (b): Council Tax Setting
Appendix
G (a): Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2004/05
Appendix
G (b): CIPFA Prudential Code for Capital Finance in Local Authorities
Appendix
G (b) Annex A: Prudential Indicators
Appendix
G (c): Investments: Amendments to Counter Party List
Appendix
H: Capital – New Bids
Appendix
I: Availability of Capital Funding Projection 2003/04 to 2007/08
Appendix
J: Capital Plan – Approved Items
Appendix
J (a): Capital Plan – Approved Items (Summary)
Appendix
K: Capital Bids – Hold List
Appendix
L: Robustness of Estimates and Adequacy of Reserves
6 TO CONSIDER THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMITTEES FOR ADOPTION:
Civic Affairs (28 January)
(i)
Review
of Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries
(ii) The report of the Independent Remuneration Panel on Members’ Allowances
Final Allowances – Appendix 1, Appendix 2
7 TO DEAL WITH
ORAL QUESTIONS
If members wish
to ask questions they should inform the Chief Executive in writing by noon
on the day before the meeting of the full text of the question to be
asked. A list of questions will be circulated
at the meeting, with the order having been determined by the Mayor drawing
names at random.
8 TO CONSIDER THE
FOLLOWING NOTICES OF MOTION, NOTICE OF WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN BY:
This Council resolves:
(a) To
note the resignation of Councillor Amanda Taylor as Executive Councillor for
Commercial and Human Resources and confirm the Leader’s decision taken on 1
February 2004 to appoint Councillor Sian Reid as Executive Councillor for
Commercial & Human Resources.
(b) If
confirmed, to nominate, and appoint, a Chair of Community Development &
Leisure Scrutiny Committee and a Vice Chair of Strategy Scrutiny Committee.
(c) To
note the following changes to membership of the Council’s committees following
Cllr Reid’s appointment to the Executive on 1 February:
(i) Strategy Scrutiny Committee. A Liberal Democrat Councillor to replace Councillor Reid.
(ii)
Community Development and Leisure Scrutiny Committee. A Liberal Democrat
Councillor to replace Councillor Reid.
(iii)
Environment Scrutiny Committee.
A Liberal Democrat Councillor to replace Councillor Reid.
(b) Councillors Blencowe and Durrant
This Council
notes that the East Area Committee has been forced to already hold follow-up
meetings on two successive occasions to deal with their agenda. As a result of
this several planning applications have been held over causing the Planning
Department to be unable to decide them in the 8-week period thereby skewing
their national performance targets to the Council’s disadvantage.
We believe
that an opportunity to refer up delayed planning applications from Area
Committees to the main monthly Planning Committee could save area committees
having extra meetings. The Council should therefore change its constitution
accordingly to facilitate this.
(c) Councillors Bradnack and Downham
This Council will undertake a review of its 2002
Anti-social behaviour Strategy, to reflect both local concerns and new powers
and responsibilities contained in recent anti-social behaviour legislation, and
bring it to members for approval by July 2004.
9 TO RECEIVE RECORDS OF
DECISIONS MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE (green pages)
·
Executive Decisions taken outside the Budget Framework
·
Commercial & Human Resources
·
Housing & Health
·
Environment - these will be
tabled on 12 February
·
Community Development & Leisure
·
Strategy – these will be tabled on 12 February
·
Executive
10 TO RECEIVE THE MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING
COMMITTEES FOR INFORMATION:
NB - The following were unavailable for
distribution at Council on 4 December 2003.
City Centre Development
8 October, 26 November
Commercial and Human
Resources
4 November
Community Development and
Leisure
13 November
Environment
11 November
Housing and Health
5 November
Strategy
17 November
Strategic IT
2 July, 28 October
Civic Affairs
17 September, 26 November
Licensing
17 July, 30 October
Taxi-Licensing
17 July
Planning
14 May, 11 June, 9 July, 6 August, 3 September
Area Committee North
11 September, 6 October, 13 November
Area Committee South
18 September, 20 November
Area Committee West/Central
16 October
Area Committee East
23 October
THE FOLLOWING WILL BE
TABLED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING:
City Centre Development
21 January
13 January
22 January
20 January
14 January
26 January
28 January
11 December
25 November
1 October, 5 November, 3
December, 7 January
22 October
11 December
18 December
Information for the public
You can ask questions on an issue
included on the agenda above, or on an issue which is within the Council’s
powers. If you wish to ask a question related to an agenda item contact the
committee officer (listed below 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.
Contact: Gary Clift, Head of
Committee Services on 01223 - 457011