Agenda

a)  Disclosures of interest.

b)  Disclosures of lobbying.

c)  Disclosures of whipping.

7a)   Presentation of Petition: Managing On and Off Street Parking Demand

The Cabinet Member for Environment, Councillor Wooding and the appropriate Council Officers have been invited to the meeting to be interviewed in relation to the petition.

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11, a petition has been presented to the Committee from residents.  The wording of the petition is as follows:

“Petition to Maidstone Borough Council opposing proposals to charge for Sunday parking, scrapping of free parking permits and free on-site parking bays.  We the undersigned Council tax payers oppose the above proposals.  We call upon Maidstone Borough Council to instruct its departmental heads to identify and implement savings of at least 10% in their department’s budget with effect from 6 April 2009, the start of the next financial year.”

7b)   Call-in: Managing On and Off Street Parking Demand

Interview with:

·  Cabinet Member for Environment, Councillor Mark Wooding; and

·  Parking Services Manger, Jeff Kitson.

Interview with:

·  Cabinet Member for Environment, Councillor Mark Wooding;

·  Assistant Director of Development and Community Services, Brian Morgan; and

·  Public Transport Officer, Clive Cheeseman.

Please note exempt appendices A & B to the Award of Park and Ride Bus Service Contract Report are confidential and have been circulated to Members as background papers.  If Members wish to discuss these, the meeting will take place in private because of the possible disclosure of exempt information for the reasons specified below:

Head of Schedule 12A and Brief Description

Paragraph 3 –   Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding this information); and

Paragraph 5 –   Information in respect of which a legal claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.

Interview with:

·  The Leader, Councillor Chris Garland;

·  Cabinet Member for Environment, Councillor Mark Wooding;

·  Assistant Director of Development and Community Services, Brian Morgan; and

·  Public Transport Officer, Clive Cheeseman.

Report to Follow.