ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL
Chief Executive Officer
County Hall
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 1UD
2 February 2005
To:
ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
You
are hereby summoned to attend a MEETING of the COUNCIL to be held on TUESDAY,
22 FEBRUARY 2005 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.
Immediately following the meeting the
Chairman would welcome all Members to join her in her room for a drink to
celebrate her birthday.
PRAYERS
1.
To approve as a correct
record and to sign the Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 19 January 2005 (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 Friday, 18 February 2005.
4.
To receive any official communications
and correspondence submitted by the Chairman.
.
5.
Motion submitted under
Procedural Rule 11 by The Chairman and Leader of the Council.
“To
bestow the honorary freedom of the Isle of Wight upon Ellen MacArthur in
grateful recognition of the outstanding way she has brought the good name of
the Isle of Wight into world-wide prominence”
6.
To consider the
Council’s revenue and capital budget for 2005/06. Recommendations from the
Executive will be circulated at the meeting (Paper B).
[Note:
Immediately after the Council has reached this item the Chief Financial Officer
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.]
7.
POLITICAL PROPORTIONALITY
To agree the revised scheme for the allocation of seats to
political groups following the resignations of Mr E Fox from the Island First
Group and Mr C Lillywhite from the Conservative Group (Paper
C).
8.
EXECUTIVE :
a)
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)
(ii)
Deputy Leader and Transport (Mr P G
Harris)
(iii)
Adult and Community Services
(Mr G S Kendall)
(iv)
Tourism and Leisure (Mr J H
Fleming)
(v)
Sustainable Development,
Environment and Planning Policy
(Mrs
T Butchers)
(vi)
Resources (Mr R R Barry)
(vii)
Fire, Emergency Planning
and Consumer Protection (Mr D J Knowles)
(viii)
Economic Development, UK and
EU, Regional Issues (Mr H Rees)
(ix)
Children’s Services (Mrs J L
Wareham)
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
Monday, 21 February 2005. A further period of 10 Minutes will be allowed for
oral questions to each Portfolio Holder.
M J A FISHER
Chief Executive Officer