Meeting documents

To: All Members of the Council Executive

Dear Member,

Council Executive: Wednesday 3rd December 2003

You are invited to attend a meeting of the Council Executive to be held on Wednesday 3rd December 2003 at 5:30 pm 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 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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NOTES:

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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.

A recorded vote will be taken on each item.

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 or 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 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.

This report sets out a proposed revised scheme following a review carried out in 2002 and extensive consultation with representatives of Parish Councils.

This report identifies the level of savings achieved by the contract and identifies the mismatches between the leisure payments under the new arrangements and the Council's budgets for 2003/04 and future years.

This report seeks agreement to submit the Statement of Priorities to the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). The Statement of Priorities 2002-2006 summarises the LEA's priorities for the use of capital funds available to the Authority and its schools, which will deliver the Council's educational objectives.

The Council is required to produce an annual "Implementing Electronic Government Statement" (IEG) for submission to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. It sets out how the Council plans to meet the national target for e-government, making all possible services available electronically by the end of 2005. The IEG Statement is part of the Council's Policy and Budget framework.

The attached Supplementary Planning Guidance is recommended to the Executive following consultations on Draft guidance last year. It will assist in the delivery of improvement priorities set out in the Community Strategy and Draft Corporate Plan 2003-2007 as well as the Council's Housing Strategy Statement.

This report provides details of progress made with the implementation of the Improvement Plan for Children and Families arising from the audit of services in response to the practice recommendations of the Victoria Climbie Inquiry Report as submitted to the Social Services Inspectorate on 30^th April 2003.

This report sets out Policy choices likely to be available in relation to Council Tax changes in the 2003 Local Government Act which became law in September 2003.

This report presents the latest budget monitoring information for the Authority as a whole for the financial year 2003/2004 to the end of September 2003. The report also includes a number of budget transfer requests that require Council Executive agreement or are reported for information purposes as prescribed by the Budget Management Scheme.

This report asks the Executive to endorse the findings of the project report, to approve the Improvement Action Plan and to agree that regular update reports on progress are received by the Executive Member for Resources on a quarterly basis.