Meeting documents

Bath & North East Somerset Council

To: All Members of the Cabinet

Dear Member,

Cabinet: Wednesday 5th March 2008

You are invited to attend a meeting of the Cabinet to be held on Wednesday 5th March 2008 at 5:00pm in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, High Street, Bath.

The agenda is set out overleaf.

Yours sincerely

Col Spring

for Chief Executive

NOTES:

1. Inspection of Papers: Any person wishing to inspect Minutes, reports, or a list of the background papers relating to any item on this Agenda should contact Col Spring who is available by telephoning Bath 01225 394942 or by calling at the Riverside Offices, Keynsham (during normal office hours).

2. Public Speaking at Meetings: The Council has a scheme to encourage the public to make their views known at meetings. They may make a statement relevant to what the meeting has power to do. They may also present a petition or a deputation on behalf of a group. Advance notice is required not less than two full working days before the meeting (this means that for meetings held on Wednesdays notice must be received in Democratic Services by 4.30pm the previous Friday).

The public may also ask a question to which a written answer will be given. Questions must be submitted in writing to Democratic Services at least two full working days in advance of the meeting (this means that for meetings held on Wednesdays, notice must be received in Democratic Services by 4.30pm the previous Friday). If an answer cannot be prepared in time for the meeting it will be sent out within five days afterwards. Further details of the scheme can be obtained by contacting Col Spring as above

3. Details of Decisions taken at this meeting can be found in the minutes which will be published as soon as possible after the meeting, and also circulated with the agenda for the next meeting. In the meantime details can be obtained by contacting Col Spring as above.

Appendices to reports are available for inspection as follows:-

Public Access points - Riverside - Keynsham, Guildhall - Bath, Hollies - Midsomer Norton, and Bath Central, Keynsham and Midsomer Norton public libraries.

For Councillors and Officers papers may be inspected via Political Group Research Assistants and Group Rooms/Members' Rooms.

4. Attendance Register: Members should sign the Register which will be circulated at the meeting.

5. THE APPENDED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ARE IDENTIFIED BY AGENDA ITEM NUMBER.

6. Emergency Evacuation Procedure

When the continuous alarm sounds, you must evacuate the building by one of the designated exits and proceed to the named assembly point. The designated exits are sign-posted.

Arrangements are in place for the safe evacuation of disabled people.

7. Officer Support to the Cabinet

Cabinet meetings will be supported by the Director's Group.

8. Recorded votes

A recorded vote will be taken on each item.

Cabinet - Wednesday 5th March 2008

in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, High Street, Bath

A G E N D A

1. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

2. EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE

The Chair(person) will draw attention to the emergency evacuation procedure as set out under Note 6.

3. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

4. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972

To receive any declarations from Members/Officers of personal or prejudicial interests in respect of matters for consideration at this meeting. Members who have an interest to declare are asked to:

a) State the Item Number in which they have the interest;

b) The nature of the interest;

c) Whether the interest is personal, or personal and prejudicial.

Any Member who is unsure about the above should seek advice from the Monitoring Officer prior to the meeting in order to expedite matters at the meeting itself.

5. TO ANNOUNCE ANY URGENT BUSINESS AGREED BY THE CHAIR(PERSON)

6. QUESTIONS FROM PUBLIC AND COUNCILLORS

At the time of publication, no items had been submitted.

7. STATEMENTS, DEPUTATIONS OR PETITIONS FROM PUBLIC AND COUNCILLORS

At the time of publication, no items had been submitted.

8. MINUTES: WEDNESDAY 6^TH FEBRUARY 2008

To be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

9. CONSIDERATION OF SINGLE MEMBER ITEMS NOW REQUISITIONED TO CABINET

This is a standard agenda item, to cover any reports originally placed on the Weekly list for single Member decision making, which have subsequently been the subject of a Cabinet Member requisition to the full Cabinet, under the Council's procedural rules.

10. CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REFERRED BY OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY BODIES

This is a standing agenda item (Constitution rule 21, part 4D - Executive Procedure Rules) for matters referred by Overview and Scrutiny bodies. The Chair(person) of the relevant Overview and Scrutiny body will have the right to attend and at the discretion of the Leader to speak to the item, but not vote.

11. COUNCIL PERFORMANCE REPORT - OCTOBER 07 TO JANUARY 08

The Council generates performance reports showing performance by each Cabinet member from its performance management system. This report shows each Cabinet member's performance divided into a narrative section and a section listing performance progress against all national Best Value Performance Indicators and key local performance indicators.

12. REVENUE AND CAPITAL BUDGET MONITORING, CASH LIMITS AND VIREMENTS - APRIL 2007 TO JANUARY 2008

This report presents the monitoring information for the Authority as a whole for the financial year 2007/08 to the end of January 2008.

13. FRAMEWORK FOR DELIVERING DEVELOPMENT IN BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET TO 2026 (CORE STRATEGY CONSULTATION)

The Cabinet will be aware that the District is facing an unprecedented level of development over the next twenty years arising from the national, regional and sub-regional growth drivers. Furthermore, the recent Government Planning White Paper has proposed changes to the statutory planning system. This joint reports sets out the mechanisms that are being put in place to ensure that this growth is harnessed to the overall benefit of the District and its communities, and in a way that helps to deliver the Council's emerging Vision

14. ADOPTION OF BATH WESTERN RIVERSIDE SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENT

This Report seeks approval to adopt the Bath Western Riverside Supplementary Planning Document

15. INTEGRATION - NEXT STEPS: GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP ARRANGEMENTS

This report is to update Cabinet members on progress towards the integration of Children's and Adults Social Care with the Primary Care Trust (PCT). In particular it outlines next steps to achieve joint working of health and social care at management and leadership level and supporting governance arrangements

The Committee Administrator for this meeting is Col Spring who can be contacted on (01225) 394942.