20th January, 2009
12th January,
2009
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, 20th January, 2009
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 2nd December,
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.
7. Annual
Report of the Licensing Committee (copy attached)
Note: Council Procedure Rule 11 states:-
11.2 A member of the Council may, at the
discretion of the Chairman, ask the Committee Chairman a question
relating to a matter referred to in the Committee Chairman’s report
to Council and may, after having the response from the Committee
Chairman ask one supplementary question on the point of the
original question.
11.3 A member of the Council may
question the Committee Chairman once (with the provision for a
supplementary question) on each item in the Committee Chairman’s
report).
11.4 An answer by the Committee
Chairman may take the form of:-
(a) a direct oral answer
(b) where the desired information
is in a publication of the Council or other published work, a
reference to that publication; or
(c) where the reply cannot
conveniently be given orally, a written answer circulated to the
questioner
11.5 There shall be no debate on a
question or supplementary question put under Procedure Rule
11.2. A questioner may request that the matter under question
be referred to the 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 Chairman 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.
11.6 Reference to the Committee Chairmen
in this Procedure Rule shall be construed as reference to the
Vice-Chairman of the relevant Committee where the Committee
Chairman is absent or otherwise unable to act.
8. Report
of the Licensing Committee
re: Licensing Software (copy attached).
9. 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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