To: ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

You are hereby summoned to attend a MEETING of the COUNCIL to be held on WEDNESDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2007 in the COUNCIL CHAMBER, COUNTY HALL, NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT commencing at 6.00 pm for the transaction of the business set out in the agenda below.

AGENDA

PRAYERS

APOLOGIES

1. To approve as a correct record and to sign the Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 17 January 2007.

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 4.00 pm on Monday, 19 February 2007.

4. Chairman’s report, official announcements, communications and correspondence for the Council.

5. REPORT OF THE HEAD OF PAID SERVICE AND INTERIM DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AND DEMOCRATIC SERVICES

To consider a report on Procurement and Regulatory Issues (Paper B)

6. BUDGET AND COUNCIL TAX SETTING – 2007/08

To consider the Council’s revenue and capital budget for 2007-08. Recommendations from the Cabinet meeting held immediately before this meeting will be circulated at the meeting. The report to be considered by the Cabinet is attached for information (Paper C).

[It is likely that the Chairman will invite the Council to suspend Procedure Rule No 15(4) to allow the Leaders of each of the Political Group to speak for a longer period during the debate on the Budget.]

7. CABINET:

(a) Cabinet Members and the Chairman of Scrutiny to present a written report, and answer written and oral questions on budget or policy:

(i) The Leader (Cllr Andy Sutton)

(ii) Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Learning (Cllr Patrick Joyce)

(iii) Cabinet Member for Resources and Town/Parish Council Empowerment (Cllr Jilly Wood)

(iv) Cabinet Member for Assets, Planning and Housing (Cllr George Brown)

(v) Cabinet Member for Safer Communities and Fire and Rescue Modernisation (Cllr Barry Abraham)

(vi) Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport (Cllr Ian Ward)

(vii) Cabinet Member for The Economy, The Customer, Communications, Leisure and Tourism (Cllr Tim Hunter-Henderson)

(viii) Cabinet Member for Island Health and Community Wellbeing (Cllr Dawn Cousins)

(ix) Chairman of Scrutiny (Cllr G Lumley)

To guarantee a full reply Members must submit a question in writing or by electronic mail to Committee Services no later than 4.00 pm on 20 February 2007. A further period of 10 Minutes will be allowed for oral questions to each Cabinet Member.

ALISON LOWTON

Interim Director of Legal and Democratic Services