16th September 2008
8th September,
2008
TO:- ALL
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the
South Staffordshire Council will be held in the Council Chamber,
Council Offices, Codsall, on Tuesday, 16th September,
2008, at
7.00p.m., for the purpose of transacting the
business set out below.
Chief Executive
(Proceedings will open
with prayers led by Reverend Paul Brown)
A G E N D A
1.
Priority Business (if any)
2.
Minutes
To confirm
and sign the minutes of the Meeting of the Council held on
29th July, 2008
(copy attached).
3.
Apologies
To receive any apologies for non-attendance.
4.
Declarations of Interest
To receive
any declarations of interest.
5.
Questions Pursuant to Council Procedure Rule
9.4
Note: A Councillor may ask the Chairman
of Council, a member of the Executive or the Chairman of any
Committee, Sub-Committee or Panel a question on any matter in
relation to which the Council has powers or duties or which affects
the District of South Staffordshire provided that:-
(a) they have given at least seven
working days notice in writing of the question to the Chief
Executive; or
(b) the question relates to urgent
matters, they have the consent of the Chairman to whom the question
is to be put, and the content of the question is given to the Chief
Executive by 11.00 a.m. on the day of the meeting. Every
question shall be put and answered without discussion but the
person to whom the question has been put may decline to
answer.
6.
Report of the Leader of the
Council (copy attached).
Note:
Council Procedure Rule 10 states:-
10.1 The Leader of the Council shall at
each ordinary meeting of the Council submit a report on the work of
the Executive, and shall be open to question thereon.
10.2 The Leader of the Council may invite
(a) representative(s) of a partner organisation(s) to address the
Council in respect of any matters referred to in the Leader's
report relating to partnership working between the Council and the
organisation(s).
10.3 A member of the Council may, at the
discretion of the Chairman, ask the Leader
of the Council a question relating to a matter referred to in the
Leader's
report to
Council and may, after having the response from the
Leader
(or at the
Leader's discretion the relevant Deputy Leader or representative of
a partner organisation) ask one
supplementary question
on the point
of the original
question.
10.4 A member of the Council may question
the Leader once (with the provision for
a
supplementary question) on each item in the Leader's
report.
10.5 An answer by the Leader of the Council
(or appropriate Deputy Leader) may take the form
of:
(a) a direct oral answer
by the Leader of the Council
(b) a direct oral answer
by a Deputy Leader with portfolio responsibility
for the matter subject to question
(c) a direct oral answer
from a representative or a partner organisation
invited by the Leader of the Council to respond
(d) where the desired
information is in a publication of the Council or
other published work, a reference to that publication; or
(e) where the reply
cannot conveniently be given orally, a written
answer circulated to the questioner.
10.6 There shall be no debate on a question
submitted under Procedure Rule 10.3.
A questioner may request that the matter under question be referred
to the
Executive or appropriate
committee/sub-committee/panel, if such a request is
made the Chairman will ask for a seconder to the proposal, the
seconder will have no right to speak
on the proposal; the
Member
of the Council, in responding to
the question shall have the right to comment on the proposed
referral. The
question will then be put to the vote without further debate.
6.
Reports from the Regulatory Committee re:-
(i)
Annual
Treasury Management Report 2007/2008 (copy attached).
(ii)
Criminal Records
Bureau – Disclosure Checks (copy
attached).
8.
Chairman's Announcements
To receive any announcements which
the Chairman wishes to bring to the attention of the members.
Note: Members,
officers, and the public are requested to stand at the conclusion
of the meeting whilst the Chairman and Vice-Chairman leave the
Council Chamber.
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