You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the
MAIDSTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL
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Date: Wednesday 18 December 2019 Time: 6.30 p.m. Venue: Town Hall, High Street, Maidstone Membership:
Councillors Adkinson, Bartlett, Mrs Blackmore, Brice, Brindle, D Burton, M Burton, Chappell-Tay, Clark, Cox, Cuming, Daley, English, Eves, Fermor, Fissenden, Fort, Garland, Garten, Mrs Gooch, Mrs Grigg, Harper, Harvey, Harwood, Hastie, Hinder, Mrs Hinder, Joy, Khadka, Kimmance, Lewins, McKay, McLoughlin, Mortimer, Munford, Naghi, Newton, Parfitt-Reid, Perry, Powell, Purle, Mrs Ring (Mayor), Mrs Robertson, D Rose, M Rose, Round, J Sams, T Sams, Spooner, Springett, Vizzard, Webb, de Wiggondene-Sheppard, Wilby and Young
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AGENDA |
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1. Prayers |
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2. Apologies for Absence |
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3. Dispensations (if any) |
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4. Disclosures by Members and Officers |
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5. Disclosures of Lobbying |
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6. To consider whether any items should be taken in private because of the possible disclosure of exempt information. |
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7. Minutes of the meeting of the Borough Council held on 25 September 2019 |
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8. Mayor's Announcements |
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9. Petitions |
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10. Question and Answer Session for Members of the Public |
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11. Questions from Members of the Council to the Chairmen of Committees |
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12. Current Issues - Report of the Leader of the Council, Response of the Group Leaders and Questions from Council Members |
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13. Report of the Policy and Resources Committee held on 23 July 2019 - Maidstone Property Holdings Limited - Governance |
9 - 108 |
14. Report of the Policy and Resources Committee held on 18 September 2019 - Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2020-2021 |
109 - 258 |
15. Report of the Policy and Resources Committee held on 20 November 2019 - Medium Term Financial Strategy 2020/21-2024/25 |
259 - 300 |
16. Oral Report of the Communities, Housing and Environment Committee to be held on 16 December 2019 (if any) |
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17. Notice of Motion - Housing Numbers |
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Notice of the following motion has been given by Councillor J Sams, seconded by Councillor Powell:
This Council has been informed that between 2017 and 2037 it must accept upwards of 30,000 new homes. We firmly believe that this is untenable for our communities.
If we continue with the proposed housing plans, it will have a detrimental effect upon the living environment for Maidstone residents in the following ways:
We call upon this Council to as a matter of urgency
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18. Notice of Motion - Membership of Committees |
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Notice of the following motion has been given by Councillor Perry:
This motion seeks to amend the current Constitution to allow Members to be appointed to both the Licensing Committee and to the Planning Committee. It is recognised that these are statutory committees, which carry out quasi legal functions; but, there is not a legal requirement to prevent Members from serving on both Committees simultaneously and in fact many Councils do allow this to take place.
These Committees perform important statutory functions and it is essential from a democratic perspective that they are fully appointed and reflect as closely as possible the political make-up of the Council; having this self-imposed restriction makes this more difficult to achieve. It might be argued that there could be a possible conflict of interest but this can only be extremely rare and if it did occur could be easily managed.
Given the above the Council is asked to approve the following amendments to Part 2 of the Constitution:
In paragraph 2.2.5 under Planning Committee delete: (NB – Councillors and substitute members of Licensing Committee cannot be members of Planning Committee).
In paragraph 2.2.6 under Licensing Committee delete: (NB – Councillors and substitute members of Planning Committee cannot be members of Licensing Committee).
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19. Membership of Committees |
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The Council is asked to approve the following changes to reflect the wishes of the Leader of the Conservative Group:
Planning Committee
Delete Councillors Bartlett and Round as Members of the Committee
Add Councillors Brindle and Chappell-Tay as Members of the Committee
Delete Councillors Brindle and Chappell-Tay as Substitute Members of the Committee
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Public Speaking and Alternative Formats |
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If you require this information in an alternative format please contact us, call 01622 602899 or email committee@maidstone.gov.uk.
In order to speak at this meeting, please contact Democratic Services using the contact details above, by 5 p.m. one clear working day before the meeting i.e. Monday 16 December 2019. If asking a question, you will need to provide the full text in writing. If making a statement, you will need to tell us which agenda item you wish to speak on. Please note that slots will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
To find out more about the work of the Council, please visit www.maidstone.gov.uk.
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