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You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the
MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL
Date: Wednesday 22 April 2009 Time: 6.30 p.m. Venue: Town Hall, High Street, Maidstone
Membership:
Councillors Mrs Joy (Mayor), Ash, Batt, Beerling, Mrs Blackmore, Bradshaw, Butler, Chittenden, Daley, English, Field, FitzGerald, Garland, Mrs Gibson, Gooch, Greer, Harwood, Hinder, Mrs Hinder, Horne, Hotson, Lusty, Marchant, Marshall, Mrs Marshall, Moriarty, Mortimer, Moss, Naghi, Nelson-Gracie, Paine, Parr, Mrs Parvin, Parvin, Paterson, Pollington, Mrs Ring, Mrs Robertson, Robertson, Ross, Sams, Schnell, Sellar, Sherreard, Mrs Stockell, Thick, Verrall, Vizzard, Warner, Ms Williams, Mrs Wilson, J.A. Wilson, J Wilson, Wooding and Yates
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AGENDA |
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1. Apologies for Absence |
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2. Disclosures by Members and Officers |
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3. Disclosures of Lobbying |
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4. To consider whether any items should be taken in private because of the possible disclosure of exempt information. |
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5. Minutes of the meeting held on 25 February 2009 |
1 - 20 |
6. Mayor's Announcements |
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7. Petitions |
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8. Question and Answer Session for Members of the Public |
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9. Questions from Members of the Council to the |
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(a) Leader of the Council (b) Cabinet Members (c) Chairmen of Overview and Scrutiny Committees (d) Chairmen of other Committees
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10. Current Issues - Report of the Leader of the Council and Response of the Group Leaders |
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11. Report of the Cabinet held on 8 April 2009 - Sustainable Community Strategy |
21 - 116 |
12. Report of the Cabinet held on 8 April 2009 - Strategic Plan 2009-12 |
117 - 182 |
13. Report of the General Purposes Group held on 6 April 2009 |
183 - 252 |
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Minute 52 - Transfer of Health and Safety at Work Enforcement Function – The Hop Farm, Beltring
Minute 53 – Review of Contract Standing Orders/Purchasing Guide
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14. Report of the Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Constitutional Changes Required as a Result of the Implications from the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 and the Police and Justice Act 2006 |
253 - 270 |
15. Oral Report of the Standards Committee held on 14 April 2009
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16. Notice of Motion |
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Notice of the following motion has been given by Councillors Batt, English and Chittenden:-
That Maidstone Borough Council
(1) supports the principle of subsidiarity in the Sustainable Communities Act designed to allow local authorities and their communities to drive the action and assistance that central government gives in promoting thriving, sustainable communities;
(2) notes that the Act gives local authorities the power to · make proposals to government on the action and assistance government must take or give to promote sustainable communities, and that · these proposals can lead to a transfer of public money and functions from central to local control;
(3) notes that the Act defines sustainable communities broadly, and that broad definition has the following four aspects of: · the improvement of the local economy, · protection of the environment, · promotion of social inclusion, and · participation in civic and political activity;
(4) notes that reasons for a local authority choosing to use the Act include gaining new assistance from government, determining that assistance, transferring public monies from central to local control and involving citizens in democracy;
(5) resolves to respond to the invitation issued by central government in October 2008, to use the Act to prepare and submit proposals on how central government can help by 31 July 2009; and
(6) further resolves to: · inform the local media of this decision; · write to local MPs and the Local Government Association, informing them of this decision.
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17. Report of the Democratic Services Manager - Councillor Sellar |
271 - 272 |