To: ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

You are hereby summoned to attend a MEETING of the COUNCIL to be held on WEDNESDAY, 22 JUNE 2005 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

1. To approve as a correct record and to sign the Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 18 May 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 5.00 pm on Monday, 20 June 2005.

4. To receive any official communications and correspondence submitted by the Chairman.

5. MOTIONS SUBMITTED UNDER PROCEDURE RULE 11:

(a) By Mrs D Gardiner CC:

“THAT the Council, as an important consumer and opinion leader, should research, develop and support a strategy to facilitate the promotion and purchase of foods with the FAIRTRADE Mark, as part of it’s commitment to sustainable development.

The Council is committed to helping the Isle of Wight achieve Fairtrade Status and will, as a first step, offer Fairtrade Marked food and drink options for purchase internally, and make them available for internal meetings. Following this, a paper detailing the steps which the Isle of Wight Council needs to take to help the Island gain Fairtrade status will be put before the Cabinet.”

(b) By Mrs D Cousins CC:

“THAT the new Council is committed to driving sustainable integration of health and social care provision.”

6. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

To consider the report (Paper B) proposing amendments to the Council’s Constitution following the changes to the committee structure as agreed at the Annual Council meeting held on 18 May 2005.

7. STANDARDS COMMITTEE

To appoint a Chairman and two Elected Members to the Standards Committee, and to agree a mechanism for establishing further appointments (Paper C).

8. ADULT LEARNING PLAN

To consider the attached report (Paper D), the Isle of Wight Adult and Community Learning Plan for 2005/6. This is a copy of the report presented to the Executive on 6 April 2005, when it was decided that the 3 year plan should be presented to Full Council for approval.

9. CABINET :

Cabinet Members to give an update on major issues and to answer written and oral questions on budget or policy :

(i) The Leader (Mr R A Sutton)

(ii) Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children (Mr P D Joyce)

(iii) Cabinet Member for Resources, Audit, an Efficient Council and Customer Champion (Mrs J Wood)

(iv) Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport and Planning Policy (Mr I Ward)

(v) Cabinet Member for Safer Communities (Mr B E Abraham)

(vi) Cabinet Member for Care, Health and Housing (Mrs D Cousins)

(vii) Cabinet Member for the Island Economy, Regeneration, Tourism and Leisure (Mr T Hunter-Henderson)

To guarantee a full reply Members must submit a question in writing or by electronic mail to Committee Services no later than 5.00 pm on Tuesday, 21 June 2005. A further period of 7 Minutes will be allowed for oral questions to each Cabinet Member.

JOHN LAWSON

The Proper Officer