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Maidstone Borough Council

Environment and Transportation Overview & Scrutiny Committee

Tuesday 15 February 2011

Future Work Programme

Report of: Overview & Scrutiny Officer

1.      Introduction

1.1     For the Committee to consider its Future Work Programme and the Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

 2.     Recommendation

2.1        That the Committee considers the Future Work Programme, attached at Appendix A, to ensure that it is appropriate and covers all issues Members currently wish to consider within the Committee’s remit.

2.2        That the Committee considers the sections of the Forward Plan of Key Decisions relevant to the Committee and discuss whether these are items requiring further investigation or monitoring by the Committee.

3.      Future Work Programme

3.1     Throughout the course of the municipal year the Committee is asked to put forward work programme suggestions.  These suggestions are planned into its annual work programme.  Members are asked to consider the work programme at each meeting to ensure that it remains appropriate and covers all issues Members currently wish to consider within the Committee’s remit.

3.2     The Forward Plan (Appendix B) for 1 March 2011 to June 2011 contains the following decisions relevant to the Environment and Transportation Overview and Scrutiny Committee:

·         King Street Multi Storey Car Park;

·         Fees & Charges for Private Water Sampling 2011/2012; and

·         Maidstone Local Bio Diversity Plan.

4.      Impact on Corporate Objectives

4.1    The Committee will consider reports that deliver against the following Council priority:

·         ‘A place that is clean and green’.

4.2        The Strategic Plan sets the Council’s key objectives for the medium term and has a range of objectives which support the delivery of the Council’s priorities.  Actions to deliver these key objectives may therefore include work that the Committee will consider over the next year.