Venue: Great Hall, Priory Centre, St Neots, PE19 2BH
\n\t\tContact: Ms C Deller, Democratic Services Manager, Tel No 01480 388007/e-mail: Christine.Deller@huntsdc.gov.uk \n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\t\t\n\t\tItems\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\tNo.\n\t\t\tItem\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPRAYER
\nMinutes:
\nThe Reverend M Savage, Team Vicar of the Huntingdon\nMinistry, opened the meeting with Prayer.
\n\nCHAIRMAN'S ANNOUNCEMENTS
\nMinutes:
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\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The Chairman paid tribute to Councillor R Powell\nwho had died on 3rd June 2009,\nhaving served as a District Councillor for the Ramsey Ward for the past seven\nyears.\u00c2\u00a0 Tribute also was paid to former\nCouncillor A Stenner, a District Councillor for the\nBuckden Ward for two years, who had died recently.\u00c2\u00a0 Both Members had been extremely active in\ncommunity life in their local areas.\u00c2\u00a0\nCouncillor P J Downes, Leader of the Opposition and Councillors J J\nDutton and P L E Bucknell paid tribute to Councillor Powell\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tenacious\ncharacter and to his motivation and desire to serve the interests of the people\nof Ramsey, mentioning in particular his campaign for safer roads in the\nFens.\u00c2\u00a0 Councillors Bucknell and Downes\nalso commended the support given by former Councillor Stenner to the\nHuntingdonshire Society for Blind and to his overall contribution to the life\nof the District and County.\u00c2\u00a0 After prayer\nby the Reverend Savage, Members stood and observed a minute\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s silence in their\nmemory.
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\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The Council\nannounced that the Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fraud Team had been shortlisted for the Institute\n of Revenues, Rating and Valuation\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Excellence in Anti-Fraud\u00e2\u20ac* Team of the Year Award and if successful would go\nforward to the final at the IRRV Conference in October 2009.\u00c2\u00a0 Congratulations also were extended to the\nCCTV Team whom had been awarded \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Supporter of the Year\u00e2\u20ac* 2008/9 for the third\nyear running by the Huntingdon Businesses Against Crime.
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(d)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Members Vs Officers Cricket Match
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\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The Chairman updated the Council on arrangements\nfor the annual cricket match between Members and Officers which had been\nre-arranged for Monday, 30th July 2009\nat the St Ivo Outdoor Complex.
\n\nTo approve as a correct record the Minutes of the annual meeting\nheld on 13th May 2009.
\n\nMinutes:
\nThe Minutes\nof the meeting of the Council held on 13th\n May 2009 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
\n\nMEMBERS' INTERESTS
\nTo\nreceive from Members declarations as to personal and/or prejudicial interests\nand the nature of those\ninterests in relation to any Agenda Item.\u00c2\u00a0 Please see Notes 1 and 2 below.
\n\nMinutes:
\nCouncillors Mrs K E Cooper,\nR W J Eaton, G S E Thorpe and P K Ursell declared a personal interest in Agenda\nItem No. 7 (d), Item No 1 by virtue of their membership of St Neots Town\nCouncil.
\n\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972: SECTION 84 - RAMSEY WARD
\nThe Chief Executive to\nreport that following the recent death of former Councillor R Powell, the resultant\nvacancy in the Ramsey Ward would be filled at a by-election to be held on 23rd July 2009.
\n\nMinutes:
\nThe Chief Executive\nreported that following the recent death of former Councillor R Powell, the\nresultant vacancy in the Ramsey Ward would be filled at a by-election to be\nheld on 23rd July 2009.
\n\nfood safety service plan 2009/10 PDF 148 KB
\nThe\nChairman of the Licensing and Protection Panel, Councillor J M Sadler,\nto present the Food Safety Service Plan 2009/10 to the Council for adoption.
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\nBy reference to a\nreport by the Head of Environmental and Community Health Services (a copy of\nwhich is appended in the Minute Book), Councillor J M Sadler, Chairman of the\nLicensing and Protection Panel, reminded the Council that the Food Standards\nAgency required the Council to prepare a Food Safety Service Plan annually in\naccordance with an agreed framework.\u00c2\u00a0 A\nfull copy of the Food Safety Service Plan 2009/10 had been made available in\nthe Members\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Room (an executive summary of the Plan is appended to the report\nnow submitted).
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Members were reminded\nof the objectives of the Service Plan in terms of identifying resources, establishing\na work programme and providing a means by which to measure and manage\nperformance.
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In terms of\nperformance, the Food Service Team had inspected 98% high risk and 98.5% low\nrisk food premises, a total of 1,118 inspections and visits in 2008/09 as part\nof programmed activities and in response to complaints and food alerts.\u00c2\u00a0 Councillor Sadler also drew the Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\nattention to the success of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Huntingdonshire Scores on the Doors\u00e2\u20ac* food\nhygiene rating scheme which had attracted 30,000 searches on the website since\nits introduction in October 2008 and had contributed to an increase in hygiene\nstandards across the District.
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Councillor Sadler\nadvised Members that in 2009/10, the Team would continue to direct their\nresources towards high risk food premises, explore the\nuse of alternative enforcement strategies and develop healthy eating\ninitiatives for businesses and the community as identified in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Growing Success\u00e2\u20ac*\nand the Sustainable Community Strategy.
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Whereupon, after\nnoting the support for the Plan on the part of the Licensing and Protection Panel,\nthe Council
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RESOLVED
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\n\nCABINET PROCEDURE RULES - DELEGATION BY THE LEADER PDF 83 KB
\nThe\nLeader of the Council to present a report by the Head of Democratic and Central\nServices.
\n\nMinutes:
\nIn accordance with the Procedure\nRules contained in the Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Constitution, the Council noted the allocation\nof executive functions for the ensuing Municipal Year contained in a report by\nthe Head of Democratic and Central Services (a copy of which is appended in the\nMinute Book).
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In response to questions, the\nLeader assured the Council that he had confidence in his Executive Councillors to\nadvise him should any concerns arise over the extent of their particular portfolios.
\n\nReview of the Democratic Structure/Constitution PDF 1 MB
\nFurther to Minute\nNos. 66 (n), (q) and (s) and 68 (g) of the meeting held on 22nd April 2009, to\nconsider a report by the Head of Democratic and Central Services.
\n\nMinutes:
\nFurther to Minute No.\n66 of the meeting of the Council held on 22nd April 2009, the Chairman of the\nDemocratic Structure Working Group, Councillor K J Churchill, presented a\nreport by the Head of Democratic and Central Services (a copy of which is\nappended in the Minute Book) which summarised those issues which had emerged\nfrom recent reviews requiring variations to the District Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\nConstitution.\u00c2\u00a0
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The Council was\nreminded that any Motion to add to, vary or revoke the Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rules of\nProcedure, when proposed and seconded, needed to stand adjourned without\ndiscussion to the next ordinary meeting of the Council.\u00c2\u00a0 Therefore, having acknowledged the\nopportunities presented by the changes to reinvigorate participation in the\ndemocratic process and thanked Members and Officers for their contribution to\nthe Working Party\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s review, it was
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RESOLVED
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\u00c2\u00a8 \nthe following words be added at the end of Rule 9.1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The submission of a written notice of motion via e-mail will be acceptable.\u00e2\u20ac*;
\n\n\u00c2\u00a8 \nthe following words be inserted after the word\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Group\u00e2\u20ac* in the tenth line of Rule 10A.3 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u0153and where the matter relates to a\ndevelopment or licensing application.\u00e2\u20ac*;
\n\n\u00c2\u00a8 \nthat the paragraph entitled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who is permitted to\nspeak to the Panel?\u00e2\u20ac* in Annex (iii), which relates to Rule 27(a) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Public\nSpeaking at Development Control Panel, be amended so that the sixth bullet\npoint is annotated with an asterisk and the following words be inserted at the\nend of that section \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Supporters of an application may speak on any\napplication but will only be permitted to do so if an applicant or his\nrepresentative decides not to speak or to use less than the time permitted. In\nany case, the time limit of three minutes for speaking in support of an\napplication should not be exceeded.\u00e2\u20ac*; and
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REPORTS OF THE CABINET, PANELS AND COMMITTEES
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\nCouncillor I C Bates, Leader and Chairman of the Cabinet\npresented the Report of the meetings of the Cabinet held on 23rd and 30th\nApril, 14th May and 18th June 2009.
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In connection with Item No. 3 and in response to a question from\nCouncillor M F Shellens, the Executive Councillor for Operational and\nCountryside Services, Councillor C R Hyams undertook to advise the questioner\nin writing, of the timescale for the review of the maintenance programme for\nthe Riverside Park, Huntingdon.
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In connection with Item No. 4 and in response to questions\nfrom Councillors W T Clough, P J Downes and T D Sanderson, the Executive\nCouncillor for Planning Strategy and Transport, Councillor D B Dew assured\nMembers that a comprehensive programme of public consultation and meetings for\nlocal town and parish councils would take place on proposals for the\ndevelopment and regeneration of land west of Huntingdon town centre, that he\nwas confident that the current proposals for improvement works to the A14 would\nbe pursued and that he concurred with the view that the Council should engage\nat the earliest opportunity in discussions with Cambridgeshire County Council\non the effect on the local road network and particularly Brampton Road of the detrunking of the A14.
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In connection with Item No. 5 and in response to a question\nfrom Councillor P L E Bucknell, the Executive Councillor for Planning Strategy\nand Transport, Councillor D B Dew assured the questioner that the District\nCouncil would robustly resist any proposal which suggested that the District\nCouncil should meet the deficit in housing growth rejected by other\nCambridgeshire authorities.
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In connection with Item No. 7 and in response to a question\nfrom Councillor M F Shellens regarding the consultation exercise for\ndevelopment of land to the east of Sapley Square, Huntingdon, the Executive\nCouncillor for Planning Strategy and Transport, Councillor D B Dew indicated\nthat the District Council would consider all comments received during the\npublic consultation exercise.
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In connection with Item No. 10 and in response to a question\nfrom Councillor P J Downes, the Executive Councillor for Resources and Policy,\nCouncillor A Hansard advised the questioner that the District Council would\nrespond to enquiries from local businesses under the Federation of Small\nBusinesses Accord and that the Economic, Prosperity and Skills Group of the\nHuntingdonshire Strategic Partnership would act as the vehicle for engagement\nwith local businesses.
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In connection with Item No. 19 and in response to a question\nfrom Councillor P J Downes, the Executive Councillor for Environment and\nInformation Technology, Councillor J A Gray advised the questioner that the\nestimated net financial saving of \u00c2\u00a31.1m arising from a reduction in the\nDistrict Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s carbon dioxide emissions over a five-year period was a\ncumulative figure.
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\n\nOverview and Scrutiny Panel (Economic Well-Being) PDF 59 KB
\nMinutes:
\nCouncillor G S E Thorpe\npresented the Report of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel\n(Economic Well-Being) held on 11th\n June 2009.
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In connection with\nItem No. 3 and in response to a question from Councillor P J Downes, the\nVice-Chairman of the Panel, Councillor G S E Thorpe, assured the questioner\nthat the Panel would be advised when further details came to light on the Government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\nproposals for promoting the sustainability of local communities arising from the\nSustainable Communities Act.
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Whereupon, it was
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\n\nOverview and Scrutiny Panel (Environmental Well-Being) PDF 55 KB
\nMinutes:
\nCouncillor P M D Godfrey\npresented the Report of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel\n(Environmental Well-Being) held on 9th\n June 2009.
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In connection with Item No. 3\nand in response to a question from Councillor G S E Thorpe, Councillor Godfrey\nassured the questioner that he would continue to monitor performance under the\nCorporate Plan \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Growing Success\u00e2\u20ac* for the financial year 2008/09 to ensure that\nwhere measures had been met and exceeded new stretching targets would be set.
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Whereupon, it was
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\n\nOverview and Scrutiny Panel (Social Well-Being) PDF 65 KB
\nMinutes:
\nCouncillor S\nJ Criswell presented the Report of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny\nPanel (Social Well-Being) held on 2nd\n June 2009.
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In connection\nwith Item No. 1 and in response to a question from Councillor G S E Thorpe\nregarding progress of discussions on the Sydney Banks Playing Field, and on the\npossibility of consultation with St Neots Town Council and future partnership\narrangements, Councillor Criswell replied that whilst he was content with the\nprogress of the project thus far, he would seek further information on progress\nof work from the Executive Councillor for Leisure, Councillor Mrs D C Reynolds.
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In connection\nwith Item No. 4 and in response to a question from Councillor P J Downes,\nCouncillor Criswell drew the questioner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s attention to the content of the\nresponse to the consultation on the NHS Cambridgeshire Strategic Plan 2009 -14\ncontained in the Panel agenda which had incorporated the views expressed by\nPanel Members in relation to customer care.
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Whereupon, it\nwas
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RESOLVED
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\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 that the Report of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny\nPanel (Social Well-Being) held on 2nd June 2009 be received and adopted.
\n\nDevelopment Management Panel PDF 48 KB
\nAdditional documents:
\n\t\t\t\t\t\nMinutes:
\nCouncillor P G\nMitchell presented the Report of the meetings of the Development Management\nPanel (formerly the Development Control Panel) held on 20th April, 18th May and\n15th June 2009.
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In connection with\nItem No. 4 and in response to a question from Councillor W T Clough, Councillor\nMitchell assured the questioner that the new development management process\nwould continue to robustly monitor and manage planning development in the District.
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In connection with\nItem No. 7 and in response to a question from Councillor P L E Bucknell,\nregarding the proposed residential element of the development adjacent to\nRamsey Industrial Park, Stocking Fen Road, Ramsey, Councillor Mitchell\nexplained that the appropriate consent had been granted for that part of the\nscheme which he hoped would be pursued within the time limits specified under\nthe planning permission.
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\n\nMinutes:
\nCouncillor Mrs B E\nBoddington presented the Report of the meeting of the Employment Panel held on 16th June 2009.
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Councillor Mrs\nBoddington drew the Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s attention to the forty five years of local\ngovernment service by Mr G Crocker, latterly employed in the Planning Division\nof the Environmental and Community Services Directorate.
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\n\nLicensing and Protection Panel PDF 20 KB
\nMinutes:
\nCouncillor J M Sadler presented\nthe Report of the meeting of the Licensing and Protection Panel held on 17th June 2009.
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\n\nORAL QUESTIONS
\nIn accordance with the Council\nProcedure Rules (Section 8.3) of the Council's Constitution, to receive oral questions\nfrom Members of the Council
\n\nMinutes:
\nIn accordance with\nthe Council Procedure Rules (paragraph 8.3 of the Rules), the Chairman\nproceeded to conduct a period of oral questions addressed to Executive\nCouncillors and Panel Chairmen as follows:-
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Question from Councillor R S Farrer to the Executive Councillor for\nPlanning Strategy and Transport, Councillor D B Dew
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In response to a\nquestion regarding the working practices of the Enforcement Team in the\nPlanning Division, Councillor Dew informed Members that four Enforcement\nOfficers were employed to cover the District, that the numbers of enforcement\nenquiries recently had increased substantially and that the Team was reviewing its\nworkload to ensure that the more serious breaches of planning control were\nprioritised.
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Question from Councillor P L E Bucknell to the Leader of the Council,\nCouncillor I C Bates
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In response to a\nquestion regarding the nature of the assistance being offered by the District\nCouncil to the unemployed in Huntingdonshire, Councillor Bates, having\nacknowledged that it was a difficult time for individuals and businesses, assured\nthe Council that the Sustainable Economic Development Team were continuing to\nencourage the development of employment opportunities and the growth of new\nbusinesses in the District and that he would request the Head of People,\nPerformance and Partnerships to brief Councillor Bucknell in detail on the\nvarious activities being pursued by the Team.
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Question from Councillor M G Baker to the Executive Councillor for\nOperational and Countryside Services, Councillor C R Hyams
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In response to a\nquestion regarding the Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s policy of identifying those properties\noccupied by the frail, elderly and vulnerable for refuse collection purposes\nand the steps being taken to vary a well intentioned practice which continued\nto place individuals at risk, Councillor Hyams replied that he was reviewing\nthe practices of other local authorities and would welcome the questioner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\nsupport and involvement in seeking to improve the current arrangements.
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Question from Councillor R W J Eaton to the Executive Councillor for\nHousing and Public Health, Councillor K J Churchill
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In response to a question\nin relation to home improvement grants for those in receipt of a war disability\npension, Councillor Churchill encouraged those wishing to apply for home\nimprovement grants to contact the Home Improvements Agency for advice or to\nseek further information from the District Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s website.
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Question from Councillor T D Sanderson to the Executive Councillor for\nOperational and Countryside Services, Councillor C R Hyams
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In response to a\nquestion, Councillor Hyams undertook to contact Twigden Homes regarding the\nadoption by the Council of open space at Hinchingbrooke\n Park.
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Question from Councillor R S Farrer to the Executive Councillor for\nOperational and Countryside Services, Councillor C R Hyams
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In response to a\nquestion, Councillor Hyams undertook to keep Councillor Farrer informed of the\naction proposed to be taken to address anti-social behaviour around the trim\ntrail at the Pocket Park, Eynesbury.
\n\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972: SECTION 85
\nThe\nChief Executive to report on absences of Members from meetings.
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\nThe Chief Executive\nreported that there were no absences of Members from meetings for consideration\nin accordance with Section 85 of the Local Government Act 1972.
\n\nMEMBERSHIP OF PANELS/COMMITTEES
\nThe Leader\nof the Liberal Democrat Group to propose a variation to the membership of the Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\nCommittees and Panels.
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The meeting concluded\nat 3.45 pm.
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