To: ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

You are hereby summoned to attend a MEETING of the COUNCIL to be held on WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 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 12 October 2005.

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, 21 November 2005.

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

5. APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF REFERENCE

a. To consider the appointments and terms of reference for the Independent Remuneration Panel. (Paper B)

b. To consider the appointment of 3 independent members to the Standards Committee :

Mrs Shirley Dalby

Mr Mark Southwell and

Mr Keith Fagan

These names have been put forward following an informal interview with the Chairman of the Standards Committee, the Monitoring Officer and a Deputy Monitoring Officer.

c. To consider the appointment of 2 independent members to the Scrutiny Committee:

Ms Sue Poston

Mr Anthony Marvin

These names have been put forward following an informal interview with the Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee, the Leader of the Council, the Monitoring Officer and the Overview & Scrutiny Team Leader.

(Full CVs for each of the above named applicants are available (for Members of the Council only) from the Council’s intranet by clicking here. This information is exempt as defined under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act).

6. THE ETHICAL AUDIT – RECOMMENDATION FROM THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE

To consider the resolution made by the Standards Committee at its meeting on 11 October 2005:

(i) To note the publication of the Ethical Audit report. An Executive Summary is attached. (Paper C)

A full copy of the report is available from the Isle of Wight Council’s website at http://www.iwight.com/documents/EthicalAuditFinalreportv1.pdf.

(ii) To commit to continuing to prioritise ethics and probity as the third element of the modernising agenda.

(iii) To commit to challenging and supporting Town and Parish Councils – and to driving up good governance standards including ethics and probity – in formal and informal partnerships; and

(iv) To amend the constitution to add the ability of the Chairman of the Standards Committee to report to full Council at his initiative on ethical/probity issues.

7. RECOMMENDATION FROM THE POLICY COMMISSION FOR CARE TRUST DELIVERY AND HEALTH SCRUTINY

To consider the recommendation from the Policy Commission for Care Trust Delivery and Health Scrutiny at the meeting held on 26 October 2005.

“To change the name of the Commission from ‘Policy Commission for Care Trust Delivery and Health Scrutiny’ to ‘Policy Commission for Care, Health and Housing’. The purpose of the change is to reflect the wider role of the Commission within other areas of health and social care. The remit of the Policy Commission will remain unchanged.”

8. CABINET :

To consider the recommendation of the Cabinet at its meeting held on 1 November 2005:

“THAT Full Council adopt the Aim High strategy, and Annex 1 as the core of the Corporate Plan for the remainder of 2005-2006 and, following further development and review, as the core of the Corporate Plan for 2006-2009.”

(A copy of the report considered by the Cabinet is attached at Paper D)

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

(i) The Leader (Cllr Andy Sutton)

(ii) Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children (Cllr Pat Joyce)

(iii) Cabinet Member for Resources, Auditing and Council Efficiency; Customer Champion (Cllr Jilly Wood)

(iv) Cabinet Member for Safer Communities (Cllr Barry Abraham)

(v) Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport and Planning (Cllr Ian Ward)

(vi) Cabinet Member for the Island Economy, Regeneration, Tourism and Leisure (Cllr Tim Hunter-Henderson)

(vii) Cabinet Member for Care, Health and Housing (Cllr Dawn Cousins)

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, 22 November 2005. A further period of 10 Minutes will be allowed for oral questions to each Cabinet Member.

JOHN LAWSON

Assistant Chief Executive