Meeting documents

To: All Members of the Council Executive

Dear Member,

Council Executive: Wednesday 6th November 2002

You are invited to attend a meeting of the Council Executive to be held on Wednesday 6th November 2002 at 10:15 am in the Alkmaar Room, Guildhall, High Street, Bath.

The agenda is set out overleaf.

Yours sincerely

Jo Morrison

for Chief Executive

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The decisions taken at this meeting of the Council Executive are subject to the Council's call-in procedures. Within 5 clear working days of publication of decisions , at least 10 Councillors from one group, or 4 from 2 or more groups, may signify in writing to the Chief Executive their wish for a decision to be called-in for review. If a decision is not called-in, it will be implemented after the expiry of the 5 clear working day period.

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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

Council Executive meetings will be supported by the Director's Group.

The Chair(person) will draw attention to the emergency evacuation procedure as set out under Note 5.

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

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

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

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

This report provides the results of the consultation with residents, relatives and staff at Greenacres House EPH regarding an early closure, as requested at the Executive on July 12^th.

It also contains the views of the Housing, Social Services and Community Safety Overview & Scrutiny Panel, which considered this at its meeting on 22^nd October 2002. The Convenor of that Panel, Councillor Vic Pritchard, will attend to present the Panel's comments to the meeting.

The report introduces the Local Cultural Strategy (LCS) for Bath & North East Somerset which has been prepared during 2001 to 2002. This report sets out a further programme of work for officers to undertake during 2003.

The Local Cultural Strategy forms part of the Council's Policy & Budget Framework and, therefore, part of what the Executive will be asked to do is recommend this to full Council for adoption.

The Council has an annual review process to update and roll forward its 3-year financial plan. This is the first review following the Council's adoption of executive and scrutiny structures in May of this year. Under this new system, the financial plan process is led by the Council Executive and this report presents, for approval, a document for the purpose of public consultation

The Council Executive agreed on 29 July to work up targets for 13 theme areas to seek to negotiate a Local Public Service Agreement with central Government in the period November 18- January 24. This built on extensive work already undertaken to draw up a shortlist of targets which addressed the Council's strategic concerns and provided for measurable improvements in outcomes for service users. This report updates the Council Executive on progress made since then on the Local PSA and requests the Executive to approve the detailed proposals around which the Local PSA negotiating documentation will be built, and the process for handling the PSA as it is developed and negotiated.

This item was considered at the Corporate Issues Overview & Scrutiny Panel on 28^th October 2002. Councillor Gordon Wood, the Convenor of that Panel, will attend the Executive to present the Panel's findings.

QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORTS: FOR NOTING