Meeting documents

Council
Thursday, 17th October, 2013 7.00 pm

NumberItem
 Agenda Papers 
 Minutes for this Meeting 
 Agenda Front Page 
1.Apologies
2.To consider whether any items should be dealt with in private because of the likely disclosure of Exempt or Confidential Information.
3.Declarations of Interest
4.To confirm the Minutes of the Council Meeting held on the 18th July 2013 
5.To receive any announcements from the Mayor Leader or other Members of the Cabinet
6.To receive any petitions
7.To receive any questions from and provide answers to the public (being resident of the Borough) which in the opinion of the Mayor are relevant to the business of the Meeting
8.To receive consider and adopt the recommendations set out in the Minutes of the Meetings of the Cabinet held on the 12th September and the 10th October 2013 
9.To receive consider and adopt the recommendations set out in the Minutes of the Standards Committee held on the 8th August 2013 
10.To receive the Minutes of the Audit Committee held on the 26th September 2013 
11.To receive consider and adopt the recommendations set out in the Minutes of the Selection and Constitutional Review Committee held on the 10th October 2013 
12.Annual Report of the Council’s Monitoring Officer 2012/13 
13.The Members Allowances Independent Remuneration Panel met on the 16th September to review the Council’s Basic Allowance and all of the Special Responsibility Allowances (SRAs). They also considered SRAs for the two new Advisory Committees and the possibility of introducing some kind of Consumables Allowance for Councillors. The Panel recommended some changes to the levels of Allowance which are outlined in the report along with some other matters detailed within the recommendations.
 Members Allowances – Recommendations from the Members’ Allowances Independent Remuneration Panel 
14.To consider Motions of which Notice has been given pursuant to Procedure Rule 11
 “ Ashford Borough Council notes the possibility of submitting the following proposal to the government under the Sustainable Communities Act:
 “That the Secretary of State help protect community pubs in England by ensuring that planning permission and community consultation are required before community pubs are allowed to be converted to betting shops supermarkets and pay day loan stores or other uses are allowed to be demolished.”
 The Council notes that if this power was acquired it would allow the council to determine if pubs should be demolished or converted into other uses and could save many valued community pubs.
 The Council resolves to submit the proposal to the government under the Sustainable Communities Act and to work together with Local Works and the Campaign for Real Ale to gain support for the proposal from other councils in the region and across the country.
 Councillor C Clark”
 This shall stand referred to the Cabinet
15.Questions by Members of which Notice has been given pursuant to Procedure Rule 10
 NOTE:- If debate on any item included within this Agenda gives rise to the need to exclude the press and public due to the likelihood of Exempt or Confidential information being disclosed the following resolution may be proposed and seconded and if carried the press and public will be requested to leave the meeting for the duration of the debate.
 That pursuant to Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of this item as it is likely that in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings that if members of the public were present there would be disclosure of exempt information hereinafter specified by reference to the appropriate paragraphs of Schedule 12A of the Act