Meeting documents

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

To receive any declarations from Members/Officers of personal or prejudicial interests in respect of matters for consideration at this meeting.

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

At the time of publication, notice had been received of the following items;

· Statement from Mr Beezley regarding the Local Plan

· Statement from Ian Knights regarding Keynsham Primary School

· Petition from Councillor Willcox entitled 'Remove the Route - A37 bypass petition'

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 an Executive Member requisition to the full Council Executive, under the Council's procedural rules.

The Council have embarked on a programme of area reviews of primary school provision in order to ensure that the service is delivered in the most effective manner in terms of standards, resources, access to good facilities for children, staff and local communities and promotion of community cohesion by the making of local schools the natural and easy choice for parents and carers. The Keynsham area was the first to be reviewed in this programme.

In December 2003 the Executive agreed, in principle, to close the two schools named above and open a single school. A decision regarding the publication of the necessary legal notices was deferred until further public discussion could take place regarding the location of the new school. A decision is now required on whether to publish the necessary notices and, in so doing, identify the proposed site for the new school.

The appendices have been placed on deposit in Members group rooms, libraries and Reception areas. Copies will also be available at the meeting.

The North & Central Bath area, which includes Parkside, was reviewed between January and April 2004.

Formal consultation on the future of Parkside Infant School has now closed. A decision is required as to whether to publish the necessary legal notices for the closure of the school or to take no further action.

The appendices have been placed on deposit in Members group rooms, libraries and Reception areas. Copies will also be available at the meeting.

The North & Central Bath area, which includes St Swithins, was reviewed between January and April 2004.

The appendices have been placed on deposit in Members group rooms, libraries and Reception areas. Copies will also be available at the meeting.

The North & Central Bath area which includes Swainswick was reviewed between January and April 2004.

A brief study of the impact of closure of the school on the local community has been undertaken. It is now necessary to consider whether to proceed to formal consultation or to take no further action.

The appendices have been placed on deposit in Members group rooms, libraries and Reception areas. Copies will also be available at the meeting.

Following the inspection of Bath & North East Somerset's Service for Older People in January 2004, the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) have compiled a report of their findings. (Embargoed by CSCI until 5^th July - copies will be available at the meeting).

The report requires the production of an Action Plan to address the recommendations for improvement made by CSCI and for endorsement by the Council Executive.

David Horne from the CSCI (Commission for Social Care Inspection) will be presenting the Commission's report at 2.00pm.

The Bath & North East Somerset Local Plan including minerals & waste policies Revised Deposit Draft 2003 (RDD) was placed on deposit for public comment on 31st October 2003 to 11th December 2003 for the statutory six week period. Some 3,000 representations have been received from around 500 respondents covering a range of policies and proposals which were subject of change from the original 2002 Local Plan Deposit Draft.

This report firstly sets out the procedures both statutory and non-statutory the Council is following in preparing the Local Plan; sets out the key issues raised by the representations; recommends responses to representations; and explains the continuing process of sustainable development appraisal of the Plan. It also addresses the effect on the Local Plan policy of the quashing of Policy 37 of the Joint replacement Structure Plan on provision for gypsies and travellers.

Appendices 2, 4 & 5 are too large to have been included with this agenda pack so have been provided separately; to Members on CD, deposit copies in Members rooms, Reception areas, public libraries and the public gallery for the meeting.

Council, on March 25^th, instructed that a review of the Council's capital programme be undertaken, due to concerns over the degree of financial exposure. This report provides an interim assessment of an adequate level of contingency funding for schemes within the programme, with recommended funding solutions and any options for scheme deferral/cancellation. The report also provides an action plan for measures to improve member/public confidence in the Council's management of major projects and to improve the integration of risk assessment within the Council's financial planning processes.

This report presents the provisional revenue and capital outturn for 2003/04, with some recommended technical adjustments. The report refers to known potential pressures for the current year, as a preface to a request to carry forward specific budget items to 2004/05.

Since the Recreation Ground was declared a Charitable Trust, and registered as such following the ruling by the High Court, it has been the duty of the Council (acting as required by law through the full Executive) to carry out the functions and duties of the Trust.

As all but day to day management of the Trust has been temporarily transferred to a receiver and manager, appointed by the Charity Commission, no management actions have been necessary. However, it is now timely for the Executive to be in a position to resume full management of the affairs of the Trust, and as such are requested to consider whether they wish to corporately manage the affairs of the Trust, or whether they wish to delegate this task to a Sub-Committee of the full Executive.