ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL
Head of Paid Service
County Hall
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 1UD
11 February 2003
To:
ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
You
are hereby summoned to attend a MEETING of the COUNCIL to be held on WEDNESDAY,
19 FEBRUARY 2003 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 22 January 2003 (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, 17
February 2003.
4.
To receive any official communications
and correspondence submitted by the Chairman.
5.
To consider the
Council’s budget and Treasury Strategy for 2003/04 (Please bring with you to
the meeting Papers C1, C2 and C3 as submitted to the
Executive on 12 February 2003). The recommendations of the Executive will be
circulated (via the Bulletin) as soon as they are available.
[Note:
Immediately after the Council has reached this item the Strategic Director of
Finance and Information and County Treasurer will be invited to make a
presentation to the Council on the Budget.
It
is also likely that the Chairman will invite the Council to suspend Procedure
Rule No 15(4) to allow the Leaders of each of the Political Groups to speak for
15 minutes during the debate on the Budget.]
6.
EXECUTIVE :
(a) To consider the following matter as recommended by the Executive at its meeting on the 29 January 2003:
Great Access to Great Services
Consideration was given to the above named report and
its recommendations, which had arisen from extensive
consultation within the Council and, as part of the Best Value project
‘Connecting with the Public’, with a wide range of people and bodies external
to the Council. The report and its
recommendations had been reviewed by an external consultant and were commended
to the Council. Members were informed
that there would be significant financial implications. The estimated costs of
implementing electronic government were put at around £31 million over 10 years. The Programme Board, the subject of one of
the report’s recommendations, would be given authority to commit expenditure
only within the budget approved by the Council. Due to these costs, external
advice would be taken before further investment was contemplated.
RESOLVED TO RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL:
THAT recommendations (a) to (e) inclusive on Page 7 of
the attached report, ‘Great Access to Great Services’ be agreed.
(The report of the Deputy Leader as considered by the
Executive is attached as Paper
D1)
(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, 18 February 2003. A further period of 7 Minutes will be allowed for
oral questions to each Portfolio Holder.
7.
To receive a report from the Chairman and to answer any
written questions in respect of the following Committees :
(a)
Select Committees :
(i)
Co-Ordinating Committee (Mr G Kendall)
(ii)
Economic Development, Planning, Tourism
and Leisure Services (Mr J H Fleming);
(iii)
Education,
Community Development and Lifelong Learning (Mr J F Howe);
(iv)
Environment
and Transport (Mrs T M Butchers);
(v)
Fire
and Public Safety (Mr G P Price);
(vi)
Resources
(Mr G S Kendall);
(vii)
Social
Services, Housing and Benefits (Mr I R Stephens).
(b)
Regulatory Committees :
(i)
Development Control Committee (Mrs M J
Miller)
(ii)
Licensing Panel (Mr C B Chapman)
(iii)
Regulatory Appeals Committee (Mrs M J
Lloyd)
Any questions from Members for items 7(a) and 7(b) above must be
submitted in writing or by electronic mail to Committee Services by 10.00 am on
Tuesday, 18 February 2003.
M J A FISHER
Head of Paid Service