Minutes for Council meeting, May 7 2009, 6.30PM official page

Members and Officers are requested to give notice of any personal or prejudicial interest and the nature of that interest, relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the relevant Code of Conduct.

Minutes of the meeting held on 26 March 2009

To deal with matters raised by members of the public within the Borough, in accordance with the procedures relating to Petitions, Public Questions.and Motions set out in Rule 11 of the Council and procedure Rules.

 

(Details of any further Petitions notified or Questions submitted to the Legal Director by members of the public in accordance with Rule 11 will be circulated at the meeting).

To receive and consider questions to Cabinet Members, Chairs of Committees or Spokespersons for any of the Joint Authorities upon any matter within their portfolio/area of responsibility, of which notice has been given in accordance with Rule 12 of the Council and Committee Procedure Rules.

Details of the proposed nominations will be circulated prior to the commencement of the Meeting.

Details of the proposed representation on the following bodies will be circulated prior to the commencement of the Meeting:

 

(i)              Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority

 

(ii)             Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority

 

(iii)            Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority

 

(iv)           Merseyside Police Authority (nominations only – appointments will be made by the Merseyside Police Authority Appointments Committee)

Report of the Planning and Economic Regeneration Director

Report of the Leader of the Council.

Report of the Legal Director.

To consider the following Motion submitted by Councillor T Jones:

 

“That in order to assist Sefton residents, with limited financial means to purchase grave plots (currently costing £618), this Council requests the Cabinet to agree to the establishment of a ‘payment by instalments plan’ by which grave plots can be purchased by residents in affordable stages, subject to the Council being satisfied that any remaining outstanding balance due would be met from the deceased’s estate.”

 

To consider passing the following resolution:

 

That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.  The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the Press and Public.

Report of the Personnel Director