ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL
Head of Paid Service
County Hall
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 1UD
To:
ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
You
are hereby summoned to attend a MEETING of the COUNCIL to be held on WEDNESDAY,
13 NOVEMBER 2002 in the COUNCIL CHAMBER, COUNTY HALL, NEWPORT, ISLE OF
WIGHT commencing at 10.00 am for the transaction of the business set out
in the agenda below.
PRAYERS
1.
To approve as a correct
record and to sign the Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 16 October 2002 (Paper A).
2.
To
receive any declarations of interest.
3.
To
deal with any questions from members of the public.
Questions may be asked without notice but to guarantee a full
reply at the meeting, the question must be delivered in writing or by
electronic mail to Committee Services no later than 10.00 am on Monday, 11
November 2002.
4.
To receive any official communications
and correspondence submitted by the Chairman.
5.
As agreed at the last meeting to
consider the following motion submitted by
Alex Clough the IW member of the UK Youth Parliament.
“We call upon the Isle of Wight Council to support the
setting up of an Isle of Wight Youth Council, to incorporate the Youth Council
into it’s democratic processes and to offer help in seeking funds to maintain
it.”
Alex Clough will be at the meeting and will be invited by the
Chairman to commence the debate on this matter.
6.
Appointment of an Independent Member to
a vacancy on the Standards Committee.
To appoint Mr. Ian Ward to fill the
vacancy for an independent member on the Standards committee as recommended by
the leaders of the three political groups on the Council.
7.
EXECUTIVE :
(a)
To consider
the following matters as recommended by the Executive at its meeting on the 22
October:
Reorganisation Of Council's Management Structure And
Retirement Of Strategic Director Of Finance And Information And County
Treasurer
The Portfolio Holder
advised members that the Strategic Director of Finance and Information and
County Treasurer had indicated that he was prepared to retire early on
31 March 2003 provided mutually satisfactory terms could be agreed. This would give the Council an opportunity to
reorganise its service delivery structure by creating Strategic Directors with
responsibility for corporate service and the natural and built environment,
which had been identified as a weakness by the Council in its recent
self-assessment. It would also reflect
the change of priorities in the most senior management tier to deliver improved
services and to achieve the Council’s corporate objectives. An outline of the
proposed changes was detailed in the report.
RESOLVED TO RECOMMEND
TO COUNCIL :
(i)
THAT the early retirement of the Strategic Director of Finance and
Information and County Treasurer be agreed on the grounds of the efficiency of
the service.
(ii)
THAT the period of added days of additional service as set out in the
confidential appendix of the report is added under the compensatory added years
regime
(iii)
THAT the revised management structure
and the appointment of a Strategic Director of Environment Services be
approved.
(The report of the Portfolio Holder for Resources as considered by the Executive is attached as Paper B1)
(b)
Portfolio
Holders to give an update on major issues and to answer written and oral questions on budget or policy
:
(i)
The Leader (Mrs S A Smart)
(i)
Deputy Leader (Mr P G Harris)
(ii)
Agenda
21 and Countryside Matters (Mrs B Lawson);
(iii)
Economic
Development, UK and EU, Regional Issues (Mr H Rees);
(iv)
Education
and Lifelong Learning (Mrs J L Wareham);
(v)
Fire,
Emergency Planning and Consumer Protection (Mr D J Knowles);
(vi)
Resources
(Mr R R Barry);
(vii)
Social
Services and Housing (Mr R G Mazillius);
(viii)
Tourism
and Leisure (Mrs M A Jarman);
(ix)
Transport
(Mr E Fox).
To guarantee a full reply Members must submit a question in
writing or by electronic mail to Committee Services no later than 10.00 am on
Tuesday, 12 November 2002. A further period of 7 Minutes will be allowed for
oral questions to each Portfolio Holder.
8.
To receive a report from the Chairman and to answer any
written questions in respect of the following Committees :
(a)
Select Committees :
(i)
Economic Development, Planning, Tourism
and Leisure Services (Mr J H Fleming);
(i)
Education,
Community Development and Lifelong Learning (Mr J F Howe);
(ii)
Environment
and Transport (Mrs T M Butchers);
(iii)
Fire
and Public Safety (Mr G P Price);
(iv)
Resources
(Mr G S Kendall);
(v)
Social
Services, Housing and Benefits (Mr I R Stephens).
(vi)
Co-Ordinating Committee (Mr G Kendall)
(b)
Regulatory Committees :
(i)
Development Control Committee (Mrs M J
Miller)
(i)
Licensing Panel (Mr C B Chapman)
(ii)
Regulatory Appeals Committee (Mrs M J
Lloyd)
Any questions from Members for items 8(a) and 9(b) above must be
submitted in writing or by electronic mail to Committee Services by 10.00 am on
Tuesday, 12 November 2002.
M J A FISHER
Head
of Paid Service