Minutes for EXECUTIVE meeting, May 4 2010, 9.30AM official page

To receive apologies for absence.

To approve as a correct record, the Minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 6 April 2010.

To receive from Members declarations and the nature thereof in relation to:-

(a)    

Personal Interests in any Agenda item

(b)    

Personal and Prejudicial Interests in any Agenda item

To receive any announcements and matters of communication from the Chairman.

To consider proposals, if any, to deal with any item likely to involve disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraph(s) of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 prior to the exclusion of the press and public.

To consider any petitions received in accordance with the Scheme of Public Participation set out in Annex 2 of Part A4 of the Constitution.

To deal with general questions and statements from members of the public in accordance with the scheme of public participation set out in Appendix A to Part A4 of the Constitution.

The report proposes to award the Bathroom Refurbishments (Disabled Adaptations in Council owned housing) and Disabled Facilities Grants Contract 2010 - 2013.

The report proposes the adoption of the Climate Strategy and approach of the Council to tackling climate change and adoption of the Carbon Management Plan which proposes specific actions to reduce the Council’s own carbon footprint.

[NOTE: Members are asked to retain the report for consideration at Council on 24 June 2010]

The report proposes a draft Single Equality and Diversity Scheme and recommends its adoption to full Council.

[NOTE: Members are asked to retain the report for consideration at Council on 24 June 2010]

To consider a proposal received from Councillor Maurice Jones, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Governance and People that the Council adopt a protocol as part of its planning policies for handling “Non Material Amendments Following a Grant of Planning Permission”.

[Note: Councillor Jones has asked that a protocol adopted by  Mid Devon District Council be circulated to Members of the Executive for information.]

To consider whether to pass a resolution under section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the Press and Public from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that the consideration of the item is likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act.

To consider the exempt appendix.